1. Laser thermal ablation to treat a recurrent soft-tissue sarcoma of the leg: a case report
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Gianluca Maria Varano, Giovanni Mauri, Chiara De Angelis, and Paolo Della Vigna
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Cancer Research ,Chemotherapy ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Percutaneous ,Laser ablation ,sarcoma ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Soft tissue sarcoma ,Case Report ,medicine.disease ,Ablation ,Laser ,law.invention ,Radiation therapy ,Oncology ,law ,amputation ,interventional radiology ,medicine ,laser ablation ,Sarcoma ,Radiology ,business - Abstract
We present the case of a 52-year-old male patient with recurrence of a soft-tissue sarcoma of the left leg treated with percutaneous laser ablation. The patient received the diagnosis of sarcoma for the first time in 2011; further local recurrences and a pulmonary metastatic spread occurred during follow-up, so the patient has been treated several times with chemotherapy, limb-sparing surgery and radiotherapy. In September 2017, a new local recurrence of sarcoma occurred, for which limb amputation was proposed but refused by the patient. Laser ablation with ultrasound guidance was performed, with complete ablation at 6 months and limb salvage.
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- 2019