Cardiac tumors: clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management

TJ Poterucha, J Kochav, DS O'Connor… - Current treatment options …, 2019 - Springer
Opinion statement Cardiac masses and tumors are a heterogenous group of disorders and
include primary tumors (both benign and malignant), metastatic disease, and numerous …

Multimodality treatment of primary cardiac angiosarcoma: a systematic literature review

A Stergioula, S Kokkali, E Pantelis - Cancer Treatment Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Primary cardiac angiosarcoma (PCA) is the most prevalent histological type of
cardiac sarcoma but its rarity poses a challenge for standardizing treatment protocols …

Long-term outcomes of primary cardiac malignancies: multi-institutional results from the national cancer database

I Sultan, V Bianco, A Habertheuer, A Kilic… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - jacc.org
Background Data on primary cardiac malignancies are limited to small single-center studies.
Objectives The aim of the current study was to provide detailed outcomes for treatment of …

Surgery for tumors of the heart

B Yanagawa, A Mazine, EY Chan, CM Barker… - Seminars in thoracic and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Most surgeons will encounter only a handful of primary cardiac tumors outside of myxomas.
Approximately 3 quarters of primary cardiac tumors are benign and 1 quarter is malignant. In …

[HTML][HTML] Survival outcomes in patients with primary cardiac sarcoma in the United States

K Yin, R Luo, Y Wei, F Wang, Y Zhang… - The Journal of Thoracic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective We aim to evaluate the survival outcomes of primary cardiac sarcoma in a US
nationwide cancer database. Methods The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results …

Primary cardiac sarcoma: a rare, aggressive malignancy with a high propensity for brain metastases

BL Siontis, L Zhao, M Leja, JB McHugh, MM Shango… - Sarcoma, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction. Primary cardiac sarcoma (PCS) has a poor prognosis compared to other
sarcomas due to late presentation, challenging resection, incidence of metastases, and …

[HTML][HTML] Primary cardiac lymphoma

K Yin, H Brydges, KW Lawrence, Y Wei… - The Journal of Thoracic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective This study aimed to understand the population-level treatment modalities and to
evaluate the survival benefits of surgical resection in primary cardiac lymphoma. Methods …

Neoadjuvant systemic treatment of primary angiosarcoma

KM Heinhuis, NS IJzerman, WTA van der Graaf… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Angiosarcoma is an extremely rare and aggressive malignancy. Standard of care of
localized tumors includes surgery±radiation. Despite this multimodal treatment,> 50% of the …

Current clinical management of primary cardiac sarcoma

BL Siontis, M Leja, R Chugh - Expert Review of Anticancer …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Primary cardiac tumors are exceedingly rare, with approximately 75%
representing benign lesions. Sarcoma represents the most common primary cardiac …

[HTML][HTML] Postoperative chemotherapy and radiation improve survival following cardiac sarcoma resection

BS Hendriksen, KA Stahl, CS Hollenbeak… - The Journal of Thoracic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Cardiac sarcoma represents a rare and aggressive form of cancer with a paucity of
data to produce outcome-driven evidence-based guidelines. Current surgical management …