Recommendations for the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas of the European Society of Clinical Oncology, ESMO
Abstract
Soft tissue sarcomas are among rare diseases, the incidence of which in Europe is between 4-5/10,000 inhabitants. The European sarcoma task force published clinical practice recommendations for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with this group of heterogeneous tumors in the Annals of Oncology in 2012.
The basis of successful treatment is a multidisciplinary approach, in which pathologists, radiodiagnostics, surgeons, clinical and radiation oncologists, possibly pediatric oncologists should participate. Patient care should take place in centers with experience in an interdisciplinary approach, treating a large number of such patients annually and participating in clinical trials for this rare type of tumor.
Such centers should serve as referrals to which all patients with a suspected tumor mass located in the depth of soft tissues or with superficial lesions greater than five centimeters and all pediatric patients should be referred.