RT Book, Section
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 58106953
T1 Chest Wall Tumors, Malignant Soft Tissue
T2 Quick Answers Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58106953
RD 2024/04/20
AB •  Up  to  50%  of  all  malignant  chest  wall  masses•  Only  5%  of  all  malignant  soft-tissue  sarcomas  located  in  chest  wall•  Prognosis  determined  by  histologic  grade,  completeness  of  resection,  and  metastatic  disease•  Metastasize  commonly  to  lungs  (75%)•  Types  of  tumors:  -Desmoids:  Low  grade-Fibrosarcoma:  Most  common  in  this  location,  especially  in  young  adults-Liposarcoma:  33%  of  all  primary  cancers  of  chest  wall,  especially  in  men-Neurofibrosarcomas:  2  ×  more  common  in  this  location  than  any  other,  often  in  Recklinghausen  disease,  originating  from  intercostals  nerves