Abstract
Nine patients with liposarcoma were treated at our institute from 1975 to 1995. There were 1 male and 8 female patients with an average age of 51 years old (ranging from 22 to 65 years old). Five patients had their initial operation at our department and 4 patients had recurrent tumors which had previously been treated at other hospitals. The surgical margin of the operation was evaluated as wide excision in 6 and marginal excision in 3. Local recurrence was observed in 1 patient who underwent marginal excision for a recurrent tumor in the thoracic dorsum. She developed pulmonary metastases and died within 4 years. No local recurrence was observed in the patients who received wide excision of the tumors. Treatment results were no evidence of disease in 8 patients and dead in 1. It is important to perform the first operation with an adequate surgical margin to achieve a good treatment results for patients with liposarcoma.
