Does Size Outweigh Number in Predicting Survival After Pulmonary Metastasectomy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma? Insights from a Retrospective Multicenter Study
The size of resected lung metastases might be a more relevant prognostic factor than their number for patients with LMS, SyS, or UPS. For patients with lung metastases larger than 2 cm in maximal diameter, additional systemic therapy may be warranted.
Authors
- Hans Roland Dürr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1347-1173)
- Sabine Semrau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7049-6003)
- Chukwuka Eze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3779-1398)
- Anton Burkhard‐Meier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9801-3530)
- Abbas Agaimy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0445-8161)
- Luc M. Berclaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4405-138X)
- Norbert Meidenbauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5438-2142)
- Rüdiger von Eisenhart‐Rothe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2352-1357)
- Anne Hendricks
- Nina-Sophie Schmidt-Hegemann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2091-3603)
- Martin Trepel
- Alexander Klein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5562-9872)
- Dorit Di Gioia
- Carolin Knebel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2594-2419)
- Felix Keil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0651-5916)
- Judith S. Hecker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1531-0517)
- Armin Wiegering (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7777-0909)
- Vindi Jurinović
- Wulf Sienel
- Wolfgang G. Kunz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5021-1952)
- Carolin Mogler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3400-7254)
- Ulrich Lenze
- Markus Albertsmeier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5028-5062)
- Katja Fechner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5812-4810)
- Julia Kovács (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1952-399X)
- Johannes M. Waldschmidt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5340-1818)
- Sebastian Schmid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1232-5350)
- Alisa Martina Lörsch
- Mathias Lutz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2572-5687)
- Matthias Grube
- Lars H. Lindner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3708-8264)
- Christian Schneider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4501-3094)
- Sinan E Güler
- E G Fey
Institutions
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
- University Hospital Augsburg (DE)
- TUM Klinikum (DE)
- LMU Klinikum (DE)
- University Hospital Regensburg (DE)
- Zimmer Biomet (Germany) (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Würzburg (DE)
- University Hospital Frankfurt (DE)
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen (DE)
- University of Regensburg (DE)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Surgical Oncology
- Published
- 2025-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-025-17450-2
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.59