Surgery for Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Recovery and Quality of Life
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This study follows people with soft tissue sarcoma who are having surgery to remove the tumor. It aims to understand how their movement, daily life, and overall well-being are affected by the surgery and recovery.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You must be an adult (18 years or older).
- You have a soft tissue sarcoma that has not spread to other parts of the body and is being treated for the first time.
- You are scheduled to have surgery to completely remove the sarcoma, with the goal of curing it.
- The surgery will be on a limb or the trunk area, or on the retroperitoneum (deep in the abdomen).
- Your surgery is not a palliative procedure (to relieve symptoms only) and will not be an amputation.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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