[Complex treatment of locally advanced soft tissue sarcoma of the limbs].

The experience of treatment of 40 patients with locally-advanced soft tissue sarcoma of the limbs. Treatment included preoperative chemoradiotherapy in combination with electromagnetic hyperthermia. As a result, 38 (95%) patients showed marked response which allowed radical limb-saving surgery whereas in 2 (5%) amputation was performed. Adjuvant chemotherapy was used for anaplastic tumors. Five-year survival rate was 64.7 +/- 6.7%.