2022
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-021-11292-4
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Frailty in Very Elderly Patients is Not Associated with Adverse Surgical or Oncological Outcomes in Extremity Surgery for Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Abstract: Background While surgery remains the mainstay of treatment for limb sarcoma, extreme old age is a relative contraindication to oncological surgery. Methods Patients >80 years referred with primary extremity soft-tissue sarcoma (ESTS) between 2007 and 2016 were retrospectively reviewed. Prognostic variables, including ASA status and Clinical Frailty Scores, were collected. Endpoints were perioperative morbidity, locoregional (LRR) and distant rec… Show more

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“…However, this study from London (UK) suggests this is not so. 6 The group examined the disease recurrence, disease-specific survival, and overall survival in 141 patients aged over 80 years treated for STS. Of the 141 patients, 116 underwent surgical resection, with nonoperative treatment reserved only for highly comorbid or frail subgroup in this series.…”
Section: Frailty Is Not Associated With Adverse Surgical or Oncologic...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, this study from London (UK) suggests this is not so. 6 The group examined the disease recurrence, disease-specific survival, and overall survival in 141 patients aged over 80 years treated for STS. Of the 141 patients, 116 underwent surgical resection, with nonoperative treatment reserved only for highly comorbid or frail subgroup in this series.…”
Section: Frailty Is Not Associated With Adverse Surgical or Oncologic...mentioning
confidence: 99%