Angiosarcoma of bone: A European Muscoloskeletal Oncology Society (EMSOS) multicenter, retrospective study.

Authors

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Emanuela Palmerini

IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

Emanuela Palmerini , Andreas Leithner , Reinhard Windhager , Georg Gosheger , Kjetil Boye , Minna Laitinen , Jendrik Hardes , Frank Traub , Paul Jutte , Madeleine Willegger , Jose' Casanova , Elisabetta Setola , Alberto Righi , Piero Picci , Davide Maria Donati , Stefano Ferrari

Organizations

IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, Medical University of Vienna, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Vienna, Austria, Westfalian Wilhelms University, University Hospital Muenster, Department of Orthopaedics and Tumor Orthopaedics, Muenster, Germany, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Bone Tumour Unit, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany, Oncology Infection Reconstructive University Medical Center, Groningen, Netherlands, Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Division of Orthopedics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Orthopedic Univ Hospital Univ of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico RIzzoli, Bologna, Italy

Research Funding

Other

Background: Angiosarcoma of bone (B-AS) is an exceedingly rare malignant tumor of vascular origin. The aim of this EMSOS retrospective study is to report on natural history, type of treatment and prognosis of B-AS. Methods: Patient data were collected according to the national rules for observational studies through electronic dataset available on EMSOS WEBsite. Results: 80 patients (51 male and 29 female, median age 54 years, range 17 to 92 years, 56% with localized disease, 44% metastatic) from 8 EMSOS Centers were collected. Surgery of the primary tumor was performed in 76% of patients (amputation in 30%), with intralesional margins in 26%. A surgical complete remission status (SCR) was achieved in 47% of the patients. Radiotherapy (RT) was delivered in 41% of the patients (in 15 patients as definitive local treatment), chemotherapy (CT) in 47% (56% in metastatic and 41% in localized cases). With a median follow-up of 31 months (range 40 to 309 months), 68% of patients died, 16% were disease-free, 12% were alive with disease and 4% dead for other causes. The 5-year overall survival (OS) was 27% (95%CI 16-30): 41% (95%CI 25-56) for localized patients (45% SCR, 17% no SCR, p = 0.03) and 8% (95%CI 0-20) for metastatic patients (p = 0.002). Among metastatic patients, 29/35 have died, with a median time to death of 6 months (1-45), while 6 patients were alive with a median follow-up of 22 months (8-106). Improved survival was observed for male patients (30% vs 8%, p = 0.04), while type of treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, radiation), pattern of metastases and age did not affect outcome. In 18 metastatic patients who underwent chemotherapy partial respo nse (PR) was documented in 1/3 patients after paclitaxel (RR 33%), and stable disease (SD) in 5 patients (2/2 with gemcitabine, 2/8 with doxorubicin/ifosfamide, and 1/4 with osteosarcoma-like chemotherapy). In localized patients, the 5-year OS was significantly better for age ≤ 50 years (68% vs 34%, p = 0.02) and extremity and central tumor as compared with pelvis/sacral location (50% vs 58% vs 0%, p = 0.008), with improved disease-free survival (DFS) after chemotherapy (49% vs 33%, p = 0.04). Conclusions: Metastatic B-AS is a fatal disease and inclusion in experimental trials is warranted. In localized patients, a better probability of survival is expected in younger and surgically treated patients. The use of chemotherapy was associated with improved DFS.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Sarcoma

Track

Sarcoma

Sub Track

Soft Tissue Tumors

Citation

J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl; abstr 11046)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.11046

Abstract #

11046

Poster Bd #

369

Abstract Disclosures