I. Diagnostic Workup of Soft Tissue Sarcomas --;Imaging of Soft Tissue Sarcomas --;Classification, Grading, and Staging of Soft Tissue Sarcomas --;Immunohistochemistry in Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Sarcomas and New Techniques in Soft Tissue Tumour Pathology --;Surgical Biopsy Techniques and Differential Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Tumours --;II. Local Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcomas --;Limb Salvage and Reconstructive Procedures in Soft Tissue Sarcomas of the Extremities --;Surgical Management of Truncal and Head/Neck Soft Tissue Tumours --;Combined Surgery and Radiotherapy for Conservative Management of Soft Tissue Sarcomas --;Role of Brachytherapy in the Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcomas of the Extremities --;Techniques and Results --;Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Inoperable and Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcomas in Adults --;Regional Hyperthermia Combined with Systemic Chemotherapy of Locally Advanced Sarcomas: Preclinical Aspects and Clinical Results --;III. Local Recurrences and Disseminated Disease --;Histological Characteristics of Local Recurrences in Soft Tissue Sarcomas --;Local Recurrences of Soft Tissue Sarcomas --;A Therapeutic Challenge --;Histomorphological Characteristics of Metastases of Soft Tissue Sarcomas --;Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Metastases of Soft Tissue Sarcomas --;Results of Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Metastases from Soft Tissue Sarcomas --;IV. Systemic Treatment --;Adjuvant Chemotherapy of Soft Tissue Sarcomas in North America --;Systemic Therapy of Disseminated Soft Tissue Sarcomas --;V. New Developments and Future Aspects --;Isolation Perfusion with Tumor Necrosis Factor-?, Interferon-?, and Hyperthermia in the Treatment of Localized and Metastatic Cancer --;Radiosensitivity and Local Tumor Control --;Experimental Studies.
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While amputation used to be the surgical treatment of choice limb-saving procedures have now become an im portant therapeutic modality in treating such lesions, particularly in combination with percutaneous or interstitial radiotherapy.