Brain, the last fortress of sarcoma: Similar dismal outcome but discrepancy of timing of brain metastasis in bone and soft tissue sarcoma

Yi Sheng Chou, Chun Yu Liu, Wei Ming Chen, Tain Hsiung Chen, Paul Chih Hsueh Chen, Hung Ta Hondar Wu, Cheng Ying Shiau, Yu Chung Wu, Chien Lin Liu, Ta Chung Chao, Cheng Hwai Tzeng, Tai Tong Wong, Chueh Chuan Yen

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Background and Objective Brain metastasis is a rare but dismal event in sarcomas. However, the pattern of occurrence and the prognostic factors associated with post-brain metastasis survival (PBMS) are not yet well-characterized. Methods Sarcoma patients treated at one institute within 10-year period were retrospectively reviewed and those with brain metastasis were identified. The incidence of brain metastasis was demonstrated by case per person-years and cumulative incidence curves. Univariate factors associated with PBMS were analyzed. Results Among 611 sarcoma patients, 20 (3.3%) developed brain metastasis. Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) and osteosarcoma were the most common subtypes. Overall, the cumulative incidence was 3.9% at 5 years and 8.4% at 10 years. However, the incidence in STS patients continued to rise up to 10 years after primary diagnosis, whereas it reached a plateau in bone sarcoma patients at 3 years. Median PBMS was 1.67 months. Univariate factors associated with better PBMS included ASPS histology, initial surgical treatment, and brain irradiation for non-surgically treated patients. Conclusion Our study revealed a discrepancy in the timing of occurrence of brain metastasis between STS and bone sarcoma. However, patients with brain metastasis had a poor prognosis, implicating the brain as the last fortress of sarcoma. J. Surg. Oncol. 2011; 104:765-770. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

原文英語
頁(從 - 到)765-770
頁數6
期刊Journal of Surgical Oncology
104
發行號7
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 12月 2011
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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 手術
  • 腫瘤科

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