Preoperative Radiation Therapy Followed by Reexcision May Improve Local Control and Progression-Free Survival in Unplanned Excisions of Soft Tissue Sarcomas of the Extremity and Chest-Wall

Table 2

Post-unplanned excision therapies.

Intervention after UE	Patients (%)	Local recurrence (%)
No radiation therapy
Chemotherapy alone	1 (2.9)	0/1 ()
Reexcision alone	8 (23.5)	7/8 (87.5)
Observation alone	3 (8.8)	1/3 ()
Radiation therapy
RT alone	5 (14.7)	1/5 ()
Reexcision followed by postoperative RT	6 (17.7)	2/6 ()
Preoperative RT followed by reexcision	11 (32.4)	1/11 ()