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Surgery

Source: Childhood Soft Tissue Sarcoma Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, National Cancer Institute.

Source updated: April 21, 2025 · Captured 2026-09-09.

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Context: Treatment of Adipocytic Tumors / Liposarcoma, Well-Differentiated, Not Otherwise Specified (NOS) / Treatment of liposarcoma

Surgery is the most important treatment for liposarcoma. After complete surgical resection of well-differentiated or myxoid liposarcoma, the event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) rates are roughly 90%.[29] If initial surgery is incomplete, re-excision should be performed to achieve a wide margin of resection.[23-25] Local recurrences have been seen and are controlled with a second resection of the tumor, particularly for low-grade liposarcomas.

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