Anna Maria Frezza1, Marilena Cesari2, Daniel Baumhoer3, David Biau4, Stephen Bielack5, Domenico Andrea Campanacci6, José Casanova7, Claire Esler8, Stefano Ferrari2, Philipp T Funovics9, Craig Gerrand10, Robert Grimer11, Alessandro Gronchi12, Nicolas Haffner13, Stefanie Hecker-Nolting5, Sylvia Höller3, Lee Jeys11, Paul Jutte14, Andreas Leithner15, Mikel San-Julian16, Joachim Thorkildsen17, Bruno Vincenzi18, Reinhard Windhager9, Jeremy Whelan19. 1. The London Sarcoma Service, University College of London Hospital, London, United Kingdom; University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy. 2. Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. 3. Bone Tumor Reference Centre at the Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland. 4. Hospital Cochin, Paris, France. 5. The Cooperative German-Austrian-Swiss Osteosarcoma Study Group (COSS Group), Germany. 6. Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Firenze, Italy. 7. Coimbra University Medical Center, Coimbra, Portugal. 8. Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom. 9. Universitätsklinik für Orthopädie der Medizinischen, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria. 10. Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, United Kingdom. 11. The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 12. Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, Italy. 13. Orthopaedic Hospital Gersthof, Wien, Austria. 14. University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. 15. Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. 16. University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. 17. Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway. 18. University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy. 19. The London Sarcoma Service, University College of London Hospital, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: jeremy.whelan@uclh.nhs.uk.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma (MCS) is a distinct, very rare sarcoma with little evidence supporting treatment recommendations. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Specialist centres collaborated to report prognostic factors and outcome for 113 patients. RESULTS: Median age was 30 years (range: 11-80), male/female ratio 1.1. Primary sites were extremities (40%), trunk (47%) and head and neck (13%), 41 arising primarily in soft tissue. Seventeen patients had metastases at diagnosis. Mean follow-up was 14.9 years (range: 1-34), median overall survival (OS) 17 years (95% confidence interval (CI): 10.3-28.6). Ninety-five of 96 patients with localised disease underwent surgery, 54 additionally received combination chemotherapy. Sixty-five of 95 patients are alive and 45 progression-free (5 local recurrence, 34 distant metastases, 11 combined). Median progression-free survival (PFS) and OS were 7 (95% CI: 3.03-10.96) and 20 (95% CI: 12.63-27.36) years respectively. Chemotherapy administration in patients with localised disease was associated with reduced risk of recurrence (P=0.046; hazard ratio (HR)=0.482 95% CI: 0.213-0.996) and death (P=0.004; HR=0.445 95% CI: 0.256-0.774). Clear resection margins predicted less frequent local recurrence (2% versus 27%; P=0.002). Primary site and origin did not influence survival. The absence of metastases at diagnosis was associated with a significantly better outcome (P<0.0001). Data on radiotherapy indications, dose and fractionation were insufficiently complete, to allow comment of its impact on outcomes. Median OS for patients with metastases at presentation was 3 years (95% CI: 0-4.25). CONCLUSIONS: Prognosis in MCS varies considerably. Metastatic disease at diagnosis has the strongest impact on survival. Complete resection and adjuvant chemotherapy should be considered as standard of care for localised disease.
BACKGROUND:Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma (MCS) is a distinct, very rare sarcoma with little evidence supporting treatment recommendations. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Specialist centres collaborated to report prognostic factors and outcome for 113 patients. RESULTS: Median age was 30 years (range: 11-80), male/female ratio 1.1. Primary sites were extremities (40%), trunk (47%) and head and neck (13%), 41 arising primarily in soft tissue. Seventeen patients had metastases at diagnosis. Mean follow-up was 14.9 years (range: 1-34), median overall survival (OS) 17 years (95% confidence interval (CI): 10.3-28.6). Ninety-five of 96 patients with localised disease underwent surgery, 54 additionally received combination chemotherapy. Sixty-five of 95 patients are alive and 45 progression-free (5 local recurrence, 34 distant metastases, 11 combined). Median progression-free survival (PFS) and OS were 7 (95% CI: 3.03-10.96) and 20 (95% CI: 12.63-27.36) years respectively. Chemotherapy administration in patients with localised disease was associated with reduced risk of recurrence (P=0.046; hazard ratio (HR)=0.482 95% CI: 0.213-0.996) and death (P=0.004; HR=0.445 95% CI: 0.256-0.774). Clear resection margins predicted less frequent local recurrence (2% versus 27%; P=0.002). Primary site and origin did not influence survival. The absence of metastases at diagnosis was associated with a significantly better outcome (P<0.0001). Data on radiotherapy indications, dose and fractionation were insufficiently complete, to allow comment of its impact on outcomes. Median OS for patients with metastases at presentation was 3 years (95% CI: 0-4.25). CONCLUSIONS: Prognosis in MCS varies considerably. Metastatic disease at diagnosis has the strongest impact on survival. Complete resection and adjuvant chemotherapy should be considered as standard of care for localised disease.
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