RADIATION-THERAPY FOR ALVEOLAR SOFT-PART SARCOMA

A clinical experience with radiotherapy in 18 patients with alveolar s oft-part sarcoma is presented. Adjuvant radiotherapy was associated wi th prolonged local control in six of six patients without metastatic d isease at diagnosis; later one patient relapsed systematically. Meanin gful palliation was achieved in all patients with extra-skeletal (and possibly skeletal) metastatic disease. Radiation therapy may be benefi cial for patients with alveolar soft-part sarcoma by enhancing local c ontrol achieved with limited surgery, by retarding progression of meta static deposits, and by providing meaningful palliation. (C) 1994 Wile y-Liss, Inc.