SYNOVIAL SARCOMAS USUALLY METASTASIZE AFTER MORE THAN FIVE YEARS: A MULTICENTER, RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS WITH MINIMUM FOLLOW-UP OF 10 YEARS FOR SURVIVORS

Aim null Synovial sarcoma (SS) is a malignant soft tissue sarcoma with a poor prognosis because of late local recurrence and distant metastases. To our knowledge, no studies have minimum follow-up of 10 years that evaluate long-term outcomes for survivors. null Method null Data on 62 patients who had been treated for SS from 1968 to 1999 were studied retrospectively in a multicenter study. The following parameters were examined for their...