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Soft Tissue Tumors Neutron therapy is appropriate for the following histologies:
- Fibrosarcoma
- Liposarcoma
- Atypical or malignant fibrous histiocytoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Leiomyosarcoma
- Alveolar soft part sarcoma
- Epithelioid sarcoma
- Hemangioendothelial sarcoma
- Hemangiopericytoma
- Angiosarcoma
- Synovial cell sarcoma
- Ewing's sarcoma
- Neurofibrosarcoma
Patients who may benefit from neutron therapy include:
- Newly diagnosed patients with unresectable (inoperable) disease, or residual disease following surgery (positive margins).
- Patients whose disease has recurred after surgery.
- Patients who want to avoid the surgical option of amputation.
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