Dear Editor,Surgery remains the cornerstone of treatment for softtissue sarcomas(STS)[1].However,despite adequate locoregional treatment,30%-40%of the patients eventually develop metastases[2,3].Accurate risk assessme...Dear Editor,Surgery remains the cornerstone of treatment for softtissue sarcomas(STS)[1].However,despite adequate locoregional treatment,30%-40%of the patients eventually develop metastases[2,3].Accurate risk assessment is crucial to tailor therapeutic strategies and to identify high-risk patients who may benefit from perioperative chemotherapy.Hence,several efforts have been made to develop prognostic nomograms that enable individual prognosis prediction;representing an important decision-making aid for oncologists and surgeons involved in sarcoma care[4-6].展开更多
文摘Dear Editor,Surgery remains the cornerstone of treatment for softtissue sarcomas(STS)[1].However,despite adequate locoregional treatment,30%-40%of the patients eventually develop metastases[2,3].Accurate risk assessment is crucial to tailor therapeutic strategies and to identify high-risk patients who may benefit from perioperative chemotherapy.Hence,several efforts have been made to develop prognostic nomograms that enable individual prognosis prediction;representing an important decision-making aid for oncologists and surgeons involved in sarcoma care[4-6].