Review Article
Primary Synovial Sarcomas of the Mediastinum: A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis of the Published Literature
Table 2
Therapeutic modalities for the 40 cases of mediastinal synovial sarcoma reported in the literature.
| Treatment modality | Number of patients (%) |
| Complete resection only | 15 (37.5%) | Complete resection + CTX + EBRT | 4 (10%) | Complete resection + CTX | 2 (5%) | Complete resection + EBRT | 2 (5%) | Partial resection + EBRT | 3 (7.5%) | Partial resection + EBRT + CTX | 1 (3%) | CTX only | 4 (10%) | EBRT only | 4 (10%) | CTX and EBRT only | 3 (7.5%) | BSC only | 2 (5%) |
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CTX: chemotherapy; EBRT: external beam radiotherapy; BSC: best supportive care.
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