Surgery plus chemotherapy improves survival of patients with extremity soft tissue leiomyosarcoma and metastasis at presentation

摘要

Purpose : Extremity soft tissue leiomyosarcoma (LMS) with metastasis is a rare disease with a poor prognosis. The purpose of our study was to define clinical features of extremity soft tissue LMS with metastasis as well as to identify multivariable predictors of survival. Methods : During 1973-2015, 239 patients with metastatic extremity soft tissue LMS were identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program database. The prognostic analysis was performed using the Kaplan-Meier method and a Cox proportional hazards regression model. Results : This group comprised 126 females (52.7%) and 113 males (47.3%), whose ages ranged from 8 to 95 years (median 67 years). The overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) rates of the entire group at 3 years were 22.6% and 23.4%, respectively. The median OS and CSS were 14.0±1.5 and 15.0±2.3 months, respectively. Multivariate analysis revealed that tumor size 10 cm, no surgery and no chemotherapy were independent risk factors of decreased OS and CSS. Radiotherapy was not significantly associated with OS or CSS. Conclusion : Extremity soft tissue LMS patients who present with metastasis at diagnosis had a poor prognosis. Patients who performed surgery for primary tumors and chemotherapy had a better chance for prolonged survival.