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Clinicopathological Study and Management of Primary Malignant Scapular Tumors; 10 Years National Cancer Institute Experience

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Introduction: Primary malignant scapular tumors are very rare. Little is written about flat bone sarcomas in the literature, and not much is known about the oncological outcome. Objective: The aim of the current work isreviewing clinicopathological features and surgical management of cases with primary malignant scapular tumors. Patients and methods: Patients with primary malignant scapular tumours who visited the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at Cairo University, Egypt, between January 2009 and December 2019 were subjected to a retrospective descriptive analysis. Results: The study included 25 patients with a mean age of 33.4 years old ranging from 9 to 86 years. Pathology types were chondrosarcoma in 14 patients (56%), Ewing/PNET in 7 patients (28%), osteosarcoma in 2 patients (8%), spindle cell sarcoma in 1 patient (4%), and aneurysmal bone cyst in 1 patient (4%). Twenty patients (80%) had surgery, and 5 patients (20%) had no surgical intervention for being either with a poor general condition or having metastatic disease. Overall survival at 6 months was 92% and was 88%, 75.4%, and 65.4% in the first year, 3rd year, and 5th year respectively. Disease-free survival at 6 months was 90.5%; and was 85.7%, 75.4%, and 42.7% in the first year, 3rd year, and 5th year respectively. Conclusion: Primary malignant scapular tumors are rare. Early diagnosis is very important, as surgical excision with a wide negative margin (limb-sparing surgery) is the main line of treatment in most cases and tends to decrease the recurrence rate, otherwise, palliative treatment and forequarter amputation may be indicated.  

DOI

10.21608/ejhm.2023.293456

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Scapular tumors, Scapulectomy, Limb-sparing surgery, Retrospective descriptive analysis, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University

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Ibrahim

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Abdelrahman

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ibrahimabdelrahman2021ibrahim@gmail.com

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Magdy

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El-Sherbiny

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magdy.elsherbiny@57357.org

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Ihab

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Fayek

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drihab74@hotmail.com

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Ibrahim

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Shaker

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himaelwaziry@gail.com

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Mohammad

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Taher

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Surgical Oncology Department, National Cancer Institute - Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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mohammed.taher@nci.cu.edu.eg

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Cairo

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0000-0002-4678-9145

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91

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1

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40609

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2023-04-01

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2023-04-02

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2023-04-01

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3,807

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3,812

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Clinicopathological Study and Management of Primary Malignant Scapular Tumors; 10 Years National Cancer Institute Experience

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24 Dec 2024