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Visceral and retroperitoneal sarcoma represents an unsolved problem in oncology with a majority of patients going on to die of their disease despite an aggressive surgical approach. This cancer fails its surgical treatment both at systemic sites and within the abdominal cavity. Local recurrence rates are extremely high with retroperitoneal and pelvic sarcoma. Approximately 8 out of 10 patients who recur are shown to have local recurrence with the resection site involved in the recurrent malignant process [1]. Also, a majority of the patients who recur have peritoneal seeding (Sarcomatosis) in addition to the resection site recurrence [2]. These local recurrences are more commonly seen in patients with retroperitoneal and pelvic sarcomas as opposed to visceral sarcoma. Peritoneal seeding plus liver metastases are the sites of treatment failure most commonly seen with visceral sarcoma.
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Sugarbaker, P.H. (1996). Early postoperative intraperitoneal Adriamycin as an adjuvant treatment for visceral and retroperitoneal sarcoma. In: Sugarbaker, P.H. (eds) Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: Drugs and Diseases. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 81. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1245-1_2
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