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Soft Tissue Sarcomas-The Pitfalls in Diagnosis and Management!!

Soft Tissue Sarcomas-The Pitfalls in Diagnosis and Management!! Indian J Surg Oncol (October–December 2011) 2(4):261–264 DOI 10.1007/s13193-012-0141-7 EDITORIAL Soft Tissue Sarcomas-The Pitfalls in Diagnosis and Management!! Chintamani Received: 15 February 2012 /Accepted: 22 February 2012 /Published online: 10 March 2012 Indian Association of Surgical Oncology 2012 Biological Behaviour-Putting All Eggs in One Basket!! It can be the most significant pitfall as this heterogeneous group behaves differently at different sites,the presentation and diag- nosis could be confusing .Importantly, most pathologists have limited experience of studying these cancers on account of low incidence. With more than 20 histological subtypes it is nearly impossible for a single pathologist to encounter all subtypes in adequate numbers in his life time. Therefore mis/suboptimal diagnosis are a rule rather than an exception. Inadequate or Inappropriate Biopsies (FNAC vs. Core Needle Biopsies vs. Incision Biopsies) and Sampling Soft tissue sarcomas are a heterogenous group of tumours Errors [6–8] that are notorious for recurrence. Since 1980s there has been a paradigm shift in the management of these cancers with Most centres have done away with FNAs (fine needle aspi- the effort being more and more towards preservation of ration cytology) on account of false negatives and lack of organ and function. This has become possible http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology Springer Journals

Soft Tissue Sarcomas-The Pitfalls in Diagnosis and Management!!

Chintamani
Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology , Volume 2 (4): 4 – Dec 1, 2011
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Indian J Surg Oncol (October–December 2011) 2(4):261–264 DOI 10.1007/s13193-012-0141-7 EDITORIAL Soft Tissue Sarcomas-The Pitfalls in Diagnosis and Management!! Chintamani Received: 15 February 2012 /Accepted: 22 February 2012 /Published online: 10 March 2012 Indian Association of Surgical Oncology 2012 Biological Behaviour-Putting All Eggs in One Basket!! It can be the most significant pitfall as this heterogeneous group behaves differently at different sites,the presentation and diag- nosis could be confusing .Importantly, most pathologists have limited experience of studying these cancers on account of low incidence. With more than 20 histological subtypes it is nearly impossible for a single pathologist to encounter all subtypes in adequate numbers in his life time. Therefore mis/suboptimal diagnosis are a rule rather than an exception. Inadequate or Inappropriate Biopsies (FNAC vs. Core Needle Biopsies vs. Incision Biopsies) and Sampling Soft tissue sarcomas are a heterogenous group of tumours Errors [6–8] that are notorious for recurrence. Since 1980s there has been a paradigm shift in the management of these cancers with Most centres have done away with FNAs (fine needle aspi- the effort being more and more towards preservation of ration cytology) on account of false negatives and lack of organ and function. This has become possible

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Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology – Springer Journals

Published: Dec 1, 2011

Keywords: surgical oncology; oncology; surgery

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