Would you give chemotherapy to a fit patient with myxoid liposarcoma of the knee that is resectable with adverse functional outcomes who will be undergoing neoadjuvant radiation and resection?
If yes, would you offer neoadjuvant or adjuvant, concurrent or sequential?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
I give ifosfamide to people with myxoid/round cell liposarcoma.In general, I do not give adjuvant chemotherapy to adult-type soft tissue sarcomas because of the phase 3 EORTC studies showing that it did not improve survival.Le Cesne et al., PMID 25294887 But I do give ifosfamide to people with ...
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