Treatment of 15 cases of soft tisue malignant tumor in the upper extremity
LU Meng
SHI Xin
ZHOU Guangxin
LI Chengjun
ZHAO Jianjing
WU Sujia
Abstract：Objective To summarize the treatment and prognosis in 15 cases of soft tissue malignant tumors in the upper extermity in recent 5 years. Methods soft tissue upper limb 15 malignant tumors were involved in the study. The treatment included surgical excision of the tumor and its surrounding tissue. The limb function was kept as intact as possible for preservation of upper extremity. Chemotherapy was carried out between 5 ma-lignant fibrous histiocytoma( MFH) and 3 fibrosarcoma. Results The postoperative following check-up ranged from 6 months to 5 years with an average of 3. 5 years. Among them,1 cases of left elbow epithelioma died of lung metastasis 1 year after operation,no metastasis occured in other cases. The 5 year survival rate was 80%(12 cases) . Local recurrence was found in 10 cases with a recurrent rate of 67%. 2 cases received upper ex-tremity amputation dure to postoperative recurrence. The limb salvage rate was 86%. Conclusions The main treatments of upper extermity soft tissue malignant tumors are surgical excision combined with chemotherapy.
Keywords：soft tissue malignant tumorsurgical treatmentsurvival rate
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 102-104 )