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Uterine leiomyosarcoma with central nervous system metastases

Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a rare tumour and comprises 2–3% of all malignant uterus neoplasms [1]. Leiomyosarcoma is characterised by aggressive behaviour, high recurrence rates, and poor overall survival, despite multimodal treatment [3]. Surgery is the main treatment and consists of total abdominal h...

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Autores principales: Abrahão, Carina Meira, Maluf, Fernando Cotait
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cancer Intelligence 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4350572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25767563
http://dx.doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2015.515
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Sumario:Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a rare tumour and comprises 2–3% of all malignant uterus neoplasms [1]. Leiomyosarcoma is characterised by aggressive behaviour, high recurrence rates, and poor overall survival, despite multimodal treatment [3]. Surgery is the main treatment and consists of total abdominal hysterectomy. A randomised trial consisting of 224 patients diagnosed with uterine sarcomas stage I and II showed that adjuvant radiotherapy improves locoregional control. The role of adjuvant chemotherapy is still unclear [1]. Unfortunately, roughly 50% of patients with organ-confined disease will usually develop distant metastasis to lung, peritoneum, liver, pelvic, and para-aortic lymph nodes. Brain metastases are extremely rare [5].