Factors Impacting Receipt of Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy after Limb-Sparing Surgery for Adolescent and Young Adults (AYAs) with Extremity Sarcomas

Most sarcomas occur in the adolescent and young adult (AYA) population, ages 15-39, but compared to both children and older adults, the AYA population is under enrolled on clinical trials. It was hypothesized that the National Cancer Database (NCDB) could detect factors influencing receipt of chemotherapy (CHT) and/or radiation therapy (RT) before or after limb-sparing surgery for extremity soft tissue sarcomas (ESS) that were unique to AYAs...