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?
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Medical Oncology · Emory University
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 myxoi...