Impact of Limb Salvage on Prognosis of Patients Diagnosed With Extremity Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas

BackgroundAlthough clinicians and patients with extremity bone and soft tissue (EBST) are increasingly interested in limb salvage surgery (LSS), because of the minimal damage to physical appearance and function, however, there is still a lack of large-scale population studies on whether LSS improves...

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Main Authors: Kaixu Yu, Ying Chen, Kehan Song, Fanxiu Xiong, Yahao Tian, Hanfeng Guan, Feng Li
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.873323/full
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author Kaixu Yu
Ying Chen
Kehan Song
Fanxiu Xiong
Yahao Tian
Hanfeng Guan
Feng Li
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Ying Chen
Kehan Song
Fanxiu Xiong
Yahao Tian
Hanfeng Guan
Feng Li
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description BackgroundAlthough clinicians and patients with extremity bone and soft tissue (EBST) are increasingly interested in limb salvage surgery (LSS), because of the minimal damage to physical appearance and function, however, there is still a lack of large-scale population studies on whether LSS improves the prognosis of patients.PurposeThe aim of this study was to compare the survival of patients with EBST sarcomas after receiving LSS and amputation.MethodsTo conduct the population-based study, we identified 6,717 patients with a histologically diagnosed bone sarcoma and 24,378 patients with a histologically diagnosed soft tissue sarcoma from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. We analyzed overall survival (OS), cancer-specific survival (CSS), and non-sarcoma survival (NSS) using the Kaplan–Meier method, log-rank test or Gray test, Cox regression model, propensity score-matched analysis, and landmark analysis.ResultsLSS could improve the prognosis in patients with most EBST subtypes, except for Ewing sarcomas and MPNST. However, in the subgroup without distant metastases, limb salvage increased CSS only for patients with osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, and leiomyosarcoma, as well as NSS for patients with chondrosarcoma and synovial sarcoma. Landmark analysis further demonstrated that sarcoma survivors surviving <10 years could benefit from LSS but not for long-term survivors ≥10 years. Moreover, for patients with distant metastases, LSS could improve survival of osteosarcoma patients but worsen CSS among patients with MPNST. Landmark analysis further demonstrated that LSS improved survival among osteosarcomas patients with distant metastases only within 1 year after surgery. Moreover, patients receiving LSS and those receiving amputation had a high risk of dying from different non-sarcoma diseases during the postoperative follow-up.ConclusionsThe impact of limb salvage on the prognosis of patients depends on the pathological subtype and stage of EBST sarcomas.
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spelling doaj.art-be2814a455614baaa736736363a1865f2022-12-22T02:36:46ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Oncology2234-943X2022-06-011210.3389/fonc.2022.873323873323Impact of Limb Salvage on Prognosis of Patients Diagnosed With Extremity Bone and Soft Tissue SarcomasKaixu Yu0Ying Chen1Kehan Song2Fanxiu Xiong3Yahao Tian4Hanfeng Guan5Feng Li6Department of Orthopedics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Orthopedics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United StatesDepartment of Orthopedics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Orthopedics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Orthopedics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaBackgroundAlthough clinicians and patients with extremity bone and soft tissue (EBST) are increasingly interested in limb salvage surgery (LSS), because of the minimal damage to physical appearance and function, however, there is still a lack of large-scale population studies on whether LSS improves the prognosis of patients.PurposeThe aim of this study was to compare the survival of patients with EBST sarcomas after receiving LSS and amputation.MethodsTo conduct the population-based study, we identified 6,717 patients with a histologically diagnosed bone sarcoma and 24,378 patients with a histologically diagnosed soft tissue sarcoma from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. We analyzed overall survival (OS), cancer-specific survival (CSS), and non-sarcoma survival (NSS) using the Kaplan–Meier method, log-rank test or Gray test, Cox regression model, propensity score-matched analysis, and landmark analysis.ResultsLSS could improve the prognosis in patients with most EBST subtypes, except for Ewing sarcomas and MPNST. However, in the subgroup without distant metastases, limb salvage increased CSS only for patients with osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, and leiomyosarcoma, as well as NSS for patients with chondrosarcoma and synovial sarcoma. Landmark analysis further demonstrated that sarcoma survivors surviving <10 years could benefit from LSS but not for long-term survivors ≥10 years. Moreover, for patients with distant metastases, LSS could improve survival of osteosarcoma patients but worsen CSS among patients with MPNST. Landmark analysis further demonstrated that LSS improved survival among osteosarcomas patients with distant metastases only within 1 year after surgery. Moreover, patients receiving LSS and those receiving amputation had a high risk of dying from different non-sarcoma diseases during the postoperative follow-up.ConclusionsThe impact of limb salvage on the prognosis of patients depends on the pathological subtype and stage of EBST sarcomas.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.873323/fulllimb salvageamputationsarcomassurvivalmetastasis
spellingShingle Kaixu Yu
Ying Chen
Kehan Song
Fanxiu Xiong
Yahao Tian
Hanfeng Guan
Feng Li
Impact of Limb Salvage on Prognosis of Patients Diagnosed With Extremity Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Frontiers in Oncology
limb salvage
amputation
sarcomas
survival
metastasis
title Impact of Limb Salvage on Prognosis of Patients Diagnosed With Extremity Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas
title_full Impact of Limb Salvage on Prognosis of Patients Diagnosed With Extremity Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas
title_fullStr Impact of Limb Salvage on Prognosis of Patients Diagnosed With Extremity Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Limb Salvage on Prognosis of Patients Diagnosed With Extremity Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas
title_short Impact of Limb Salvage on Prognosis of Patients Diagnosed With Extremity Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas
title_sort impact of limb salvage on prognosis of patients diagnosed with extremity bone and soft tissue sarcomas
topic limb salvage
amputation
sarcomas
survival
metastasis
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.873323/full
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