Introduction

• Soft Tissue Sarcomas
• They constitute 1% of adult malignancies.
• They are common in middle age and males.
• Common sites of occurrence are in the lower limb, upperlimb, retroperitoneum, viscera, and trunk.
• They have rapid growth and early blood spread.
• They are relatively more aggressive compared to carcinomas.
• Treatment is surgery followed by adjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Aims and Objectives

To study

• The age of incidence
• Sex preponderance
• Clinical presentation regarding the anatomical site of occurrence
• Various histo-pathological varieties of sarcomas
• Recurrence after treatment with wide local excision and adjuvant radiotherapy.

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Dr Samana Vidya Sagar

Post graduate, Department of General Surgery, AMC, Vizag