[Hyperthermic perfusion with cytostatic drugs -- an adjuvant therapy in soft tissue sarcoma of the limbs (author's transl)].

Hyperthermic perfusion was used in 15 adult patients with soft tissue sarcoma of the limbs. Only patients were selected with prognostically unfavorable or recurrent tumors, which were excised with a limited safety margin. Three patients died from pulmonary metastases 16, 24 and 34 months after perfusion. In 2 patients a local recurrence developed. Ten patients are alive and free of recurrence. The follow-up period ranges from 7 - 47 months with a median of 30 months. These results encourage the further use of hyperthermic perfusion.