The investigators are doing this study to find out whether lowering the dose of postoperative radiation therapy and targeting a smaller area of tissue for treatment is as effective as the standard dose and volume of radiation therapy to control soft tissue sarcoma after surgery. They also want to find out whether the study approach causes fewer and less severe long-term side effects than the standard approach.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
The prescribed dose of radiations for all patients will be 50 Gy in 25 fractions. 6MV energy photons will be used. Multi-beam IMRT plans, utilizing dynamic multileaf collimation, will be created based on the target tissue coverage and normal tissue avoidance.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All protocol activities)
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
RECRUITINGMemorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All protocol activities)
Middletown, New Jersey, United States
RECRUITINGAssessment of local control at 2 years.
will be assessed via imaging of the primary tumor site (MRI preferred, CT for patients who cannot get or tolerate an MRI). Imaging must take place at least annually for the first two years post-radiation. Local failure is defined as a relapse in the primary tumor bed.
Time frame: 2 years
overall survival
will be performed for each patient using clinical data obtained from chart review 2 years after the last patient enrolled is treated. Will use Kaplan Meier methods to estimate survival at 2 years after RT starting at the end of RT
Time frame: 2 years
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All protocol activities)
Montvale, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack (All protocol activities)
Commack, New York, United States
RECRUITINGMemorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All protocol activities)
Harrison, New York, United States
RECRUITINGMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
RECRUITINGMemorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All protocol activities)
Uniondale, New York, United States
RECRUITING