So Now What? Unanswered Questions Regarding Retroperitoneal Sarcomas, Hospital Volume, Multidisciplinary Expertise, and Outcomes

Affiliations

¹ Department of Sugery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. alessandro.gronchi@istitutotumori.mi.it.
² Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Editorial

Alessandro Gronchi et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Apr.

. 2022 Apr;29(4):2138-2140.

doi: 10.1245/s10434-021-11159-8. Epub 2022 Jan 9.

¹ Department of Sugery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. alessandro.gronchi@istitutotumori.mi.it.
² Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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National Trends in Treatment for Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Modern Appraisal of Variability in Therapeutic Strategies.
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