The role of standard and novel radiotherapy approaches in management of retroperitoneal sarcomas

Primary non-metastatic retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma patients can be cured by radical surgery. However there remains a risk for patients to develop a local recurrence. To minimize this risk, patients with low grade liposarcomas might benefit from preoperative radiotherapy. This review summarizes all issues that should be considered for the irradiation of patients with retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma. (c) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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Primary non-metastatic retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma patients can be cured by radical surgery, but there is a risk of local recurrence. Preoperative radiotherapy may benefit patients with low grade liposarcomas. This review summarizes all issues related to the irradiation of patients with retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma.