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Metastatic disease
Source: Soft Tissue Sarcoma Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, National Cancer Institute.
Source updated: February 21, 2025 · Captured 2026-09-09.
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Context: Treatment Option Overview for Soft Tissue Sarcoma / Surgery
In the setting of distant metastasis, surgery may be associated with long-term disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with pulmonary metastasis and optimal underlying disease biology. This includes patients with a limited number of metastases and slow nodule growth who have undergone or are undergoing complete resection of the primary tumor.[24-26] It is not clear to what degree the favorable outcomes are attributable to the efficacy of surgery or the careful selection of patients based on factors that are associated with less-aggressive disease.
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