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 modalityNumber of patients (%)

Complete resection only15 (37.5%)
Complete resection + CTX + EBRT4 (10%)
Complete resection + CTX2 (5%)
Complete resection + EBRT2 (5%)
Partial resection + EBRT3 (7.5%)
Partial resection + EBRT + CTX1 (3%)
CTX only4 (10%)
EBRT only4 (10%)
CTX and EBRT only3 (7.5%)
BSC only2 (5%)

CTX: chemotherapy; EBRT: external beam radiotherapy; BSC: best supportive care.