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SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA OF BONE AN ASSESSMENT OF OUTCOME

SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA OF BONE AN ASSESSMENT OF OUTCOME

David PEAKE

Robert J GRIMER, David SPOONER,

Simon R CARTER, Roger M TILLMAN,

Seggy ABUDU, Mark DAVIES


THE STUDYTHE STUDY

• To investigate treatment, outcome and prognostic factors for “spindle cell sarcomas of bone”

• Retrospective review of prospective database (1970 – 2001)

• Pathology diagnosis as made at the time


SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA OF BONE DEFINITION

SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA OF BONE DEFINITION

All primary bone sarcomas that

were NOT

Osteosarcoma

Ewing’s sarcoma

Chondrosarcoma


THE DATABASETHE DATABASE

• Prospective from 1986 (but includes all tumour cases since 1970)

• >15,000 patients

• Records patient details, diagnosis, treatment, outcome, function etc


RESULTSRESULTS

• 183 patients - 116 male : 67 Female

• 179 primary : 4 secondary –3 RT / 1 Paget’s

• Stage:–10 low grade

–173 high grade

– 26 metastases at presentation


AGEAGE

Mean 45 yrs

76 <40

60 40-60

47 >60

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SITESITE

157 limb : 26 axial– 78 distal femur– 26 pelvis– 23 proximal femur– 21 proximal tibia– 10 humerus– 25 other

34 had a pathological fracture at presentation (18%)


HISTOLOGYHISTOLOGY

MFH 74

Spindle cell sarcoma 56

Leiomyosarcoma 24

Fibrosarcoma 18

Angiosarcoma 11


HISTOLOGY VARIED WITH TIME !HISTOLOGY VARIED WITH TIME !

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Sarcoma

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MANAGEMENTMANAGEMENT

• As per osteosarcoma

• Chemotherapy when appropriate

• Surgical excision


CHEMOTHERAPYCHEMOTHERAPY

131 (71%) received chemotherapy

Doxorubicin / Cisplatin 84

Doxorubicin / HDMTX 10

Doxorubicin / Ifosfamide 10

Others 15

Unknown 12


CHEMOTHERAPY - 2 CHEMOTHERAPY - 2

• Chemotherapy dependant on age–84% under age 40

–56% aged 40-60

–18% over age 60

• Neoadjuvant in 83% of those who had it

• 30% had better than 90% necrosis

• No conclusion possible about best regime


SURGERYSURGERY

• 150 patients had surgery–37 amputation (25%)

–113 LSS (75%)

• Trend towards increased amputation in older patients and those with pathological fracture


OUTCOMEOUTCOME

• Stage 3 disease– median survival 13 months

• High grade, non axial, non metastatic disease (n = 125):–Overall survival

62% at 5 years 58% at 10 years


OVERALL SURVIVAL (no mets, limb)OVERALL SURVIVAL (no mets, limb)

62% at 5 years (+ 4%)58% at 10 years (+ 4%)

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PROGNOSTIC FACTORS (p<0.05)PROGNOSTIC FACTORS (p<0.05)

• Limb salvage > amputation HR 5.4

• Necrosis > 90% HR 5.4

• Limb > central HR 1.9

• Age < 40 HR 2.0

• Not significant – Diagnosis

– Type of chemotherapy


Survival according to ageSurvival according to age

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Survival according to histologySurvival according to histology

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LOCAL RECURRENCELOCAL RECURRENCE

• 15% overall

• 20% in LSS cases

• 7% after amputation– Highest in distal femur (28%)

– Decreasing risk by decade

– Not increased with pathological fracture

• 73% died after LR– Mean survival 11 months after LR


RISK FACTORS FOR LOCAL RECURRENCERISK FACTORS FOR

LOCAL RECURRENCE

• Marginal margins HR 3.5 (1.5-8.0) p = 0.002

• < 90% necrosis HR 11.6 (1.3 – 100) p = 0.026 Univariate


COMPARISON (63% at 5 yrs)COMPARISON (63% at 5 yrs)

Huvos, 1985 MFH (n=130) 53%

Little, 1993 MFH (n=39) 53%

Yokoyama, 1993 MFH(n=34) 43%

Picci, 1997 MFH (n=51) 67%

Bielack, 1997 MFH (n=125) 59%

Bramwell,1999 MFH (n=41) 59%


CONCLUSION CONCLUSION

“Spindle cell sarcoma of bone”

• describes a heterogeneous group of primary bone sarcomas (cf soft tissue sarcoma)

• behaves like, if not better than, osteosarcoma matched for age

• should be treated the same as osteosarcoma• why not register for same trials (especially for

OS > 40)?

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