A follow-up study was performed on 17 patients who were 65 years old or over and had undergone treatment of soft tissue sarcoma from 1988 to 1999.
The patients included 7 males and 10 females ranging in age from 66 to 87 years. The follow-up period ranged from 4 to 130 months. Pathological diagnosis 9 cases were MFH, 5 cases were liposarcoma.
11 cases were high grade sarcoma. With adjuvant therapy 12 cases were radiated on focus, and limb-salvage surgery was perfomed on 12 cases.
In 2 cases local recurrence occured, and metastasis to the lungs occured at the same time. Only 4 cases among 9 cases of high grade remain alive.
Radiation was effective for local controls, however we consider that chemotherapy is necesarry for high grade sarcoma to improve.
