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Peter Vedsted
Characteristics of 64 sarcoma patients referred to a sarcoma center after unplanned excision
Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.24137
Forlagets udgivne version
- Heidi Buvarp Dyrop ,
- Akmal Safwat
- Peter Vedsted
- Katja Maretty Nielsen
- Bjarne Hauge Hansen ,
- Peter Holmberg Jørgensen ,
- Thomas Baad-Hansen
- Johnny Keller
- Institut for Klinisk Medicin - Eksperimentel Klinisk Onkologi
- Institut for Klinisk Medicin - Ortopædkirurgisk afdeling E, THG
- Institut for Folkesundhed - Forskningsenheden for Almen Praksis
- Institut for Klinisk Medicin - Diagnostisk Center, Universitetsklinik for Innovative Patientforløb, Silkeborg
- Institut for Klinisk Medicin - Patologi
- Institut for Klinisk Medicin - Ortopædkirurgi
BACKGROUND AND METHODS: Unplanned excision of sarcoma before referral to specialist centers can affect prognosis and surgical outcome. The diagnostic pathway of these patients is uncertain and needs to be reviewed. We aimed to describe patient and tumor characteristics, initial symptoms, initial and final diagnosis, and explore reasons for unplanned excision in this patient group. From a previous study on 258 sarcoma patients, we identified 64 patients referred after surgery. Medical records were reviewed.
RESULTS: The majority were soft tissue sarcomas, most often with thoracic location. Leiomyosarcoma was the most frequent final diagnosis, lipoma, and fibroma/dermatofibroma the most frequent initial diagnoses. Fifty percent were superficial small tumors, and 60.9% had not received diagnostic imaging before surgery. Fifty percent were referred from public surgical departments, and 1/3 from private specialists. Twenty-three patients had initial presence of alarm symptoms registered before surgery, the remaining 2/3 fell outside referral criteria or alarm symptoms were not discovered.
CONCLUSIONS: Patients referred after unplanned excision often have small superficial tumors and the majority fall outside of defined referral criteria. Referral criteria are not a guarantee for detection of all sarcomas and surgeons should always be aware of the possibility of malignancy when removing a tumor.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Journal of Surgical Oncology |
| Vol/bind | 113 |
| Nummer | 2 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 235-9 |
| Antal sider | 5 |
| ISSN | 0022-4790 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - feb. 2016 |
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