Malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumor

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Tip 1 - Outcome of patients with advanced solitary fibrous tumors: the Centre Léon Bérard experience

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Rezag 1000 | permalink

Solitary Fibrous Tumor is a rare type of soft tissue tumor of intermediate malignant potential which may recur or metastasize in 15-20% of cases. Data on the management of patients with advanced SFT is scarce: chemotherapy has been described as ineffective, while recent data suggests that anti-angiogenic therapies may be more efficient.

For further reading: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/13/109 ^[1]

Tip 2 - Thoracic malignant solitary fibrous tumors: A population-based study of survival

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Aurelio Nocerino | permalink

This study characterizes the overall survival (OS) and cause specific survival (CSS) of patients with thoracic malignant solitary fibrous tumors.Eighty-two patients with malignant solitary fibrous tumors of the lung, pleura or mediastinum, diagnosed from ...

For further reading: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3256508/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - Solitary fibrous tumor of all sites: outcome of late recurrences in 14 patients

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Bob Bourdage | permalink

We explore the pattern of late recurrence (LR) in solitary fibrous tumor (SFT), focusing on histopathologic characteristics, clinical presentation and patients (pts) outcome.

For further reading: http://www.clinicalsarcomaresearch.com/content/3/1/4 ^[3]