Combined radiation therapy and sunitinib for preoperative treatment of soft tissue sarcoma

ISSN
1068-9265
Date Issued
2015-09
Author(s)
Simeonova, Anna
Kasper, Bernd
Ronellenfitsch, Ulrich
Wenz, Frederik
Hohenberger, Peter
DOI
10.1245/s10434-015-4680-3
Abstract
Antiangiogenic substances and radiation therapy (RT) may have synergistic effects and improve irradiation efficacy. We present a cohort study evaluating the toxicity of combined sunitinib and RT as neoadjuvant treatment of extremity and retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma (STS).