Surgical margins and oncological outcomes of hemipelvectomies for bone and soft tissue tumours – a decade of HUSM experience

• Main Authors: Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff, Wan, Zulmi, Wan Ismail, Wan Faisham Numan, Mat Zin, Nor Azman, Mohamed Amir, Nawaz Hussain
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: RB Pathology; RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer); RD701 Orthopedics
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/29370/1/MOA_2012_-_DrMohdAriffS_-_Free_Paper_Presentation.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/29370/2/MOA_2012_-_Cover.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/29370/4/MOA_2012_-_Programme_Book_%28pg_20%29.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/29370/; http://moa-home.com/moa2012/index.htm

Background: Safe surgical margins are difficult to achieve when performing surgical resections for bone and soft tissue tumours involving the pelvis. We evaluated whether safe surgical margins could be achieved and if oncological outcomes could be predicted based on microscopic marginal status. Met...