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24-07-2023 | Sarcoma | ASO Research Letter
Creation and Implementation of a Monthly International Tumor Board: Experience of the Transatlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group (TARPSWG)
Authors:
Jason K. Sicklick, MD, Carol J. Swallow, MD, PhD, Chandrajit P. Raut, MD, MSc, Dario Callegaro, MD, Marco Fiore, MD, Dirk C. Strauss, MD, Alessandro Gronchi, MD
Published in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Issue 11/2023
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Excerpt
The Transatlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group (TARPSWG) was created in 2013 to collaboratively advance knowledge and treatment of retroperitoneal sarcomas (RPS).
1 At present, complete macroscopic resection remains the only potentially curative treatment, and this is dependent upon tumor biology, anatomic-technical factors, and patient frailty. In contrast to pancreatic adenocarcinoma, where agreed criteria exist to define borderline resectable versus unresectable,
2 a similar algorithm has proven difficult in RPS because tumors are heterogeneous, with numerous histologies and unique tumor biologies, and variable multi-visceral and neuro-vascular involvement.
3,4 We therefore convened sarcoma specialists (surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists) from around the world in a monthly virtual tumor board (VTB) to discuss challenging cases that were initially reviewed at a sarcoma center and deemed challenging to resect for cure. We report our experience and lessons learned. …
