Journal article
Correlation between percutaneous biopsy and final histopathology for retroperitoneal sarcoma: a single-centre study
Rebekah Young, Hayden Snow, Shona Hendry, Catherine Mitchell, John Slavin, Stephen Schlicht, Lumine Na, Michael S Hofman, David E Gyorki
ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY | WILEY | Published : 2020
DOI: 10.1111/ans.15723
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Retroperitoneal sarcomas are rare soft tissue tumours accounting for 10-15% of soft tissue sarcomas. Patient prognosis and treatment recommendations (including extent of surgery and neoadjuvant strategies) are determined by the pre-operative histopathological subtype and grade obtained from biopsy and thus it is important to understand the accuracy of biopsy in retroperitoneal masses. METHODS: This study presents a case series of primary retroperitoneal sarcomas managed at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (PMCC) between 2008 and 2019. Statistical analyses were performed to determine correlation between histopathology from percutaneous biopsy and surgical excision. RESULTS: A total o..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful for the support of Jasmine Mar and the Australia and New Zealand Sarcoma Association for their support of the retroperitoneal sarcoma registry and to Mr Michael A. Henderson for his contribution to the retroperitoneal sarcoma registry and manuscript editing.