Sánchez Xavier, Moreno Roca Andrés, Jimbo-Sotomayor Ruth, Armijos Acurio Luciana, Viloria Cestari Alfredo
Centro de Investigación Para la Salud en América Latina (CISeAL), Quito, Ecuador.
Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
Sarcoma. 2022 Dec 26;2022:1391537. doi: 10.1155/2022/1391537. eCollection 2022.
Soft-tissue sarcomas (STSs) are rare tumors; they represent 1% of all tumors in adults. There are new diagnostic techniques to differentiate tumor types, and surgery continues to be the most important treatment for STS.
This cross-sectional study analyzed the morbidity and mortality caused by STS in adults between 2010 and 2020 using national databases.
A total of 8,393 patients hospitalized due to STS were reported. The total number of deaths in Ecuador due to STS was 7,088 over the last decade, the provinces of Pichincha and Guayas registered the highest number of cases, and the mortality rate was 1.2 to 2.0 per 100,000 people. It is noteworthy that the lowest point of registered cases was in 2012.
Soft-tissue sarcomas are rare tumors in Ecuador. The morbidity and mortality caused by these tumors have not changed in the last decade. National studies are needed to determine the prevalence of this illness and study intervention to lower mortality.
软组织肉瘤（STSs）是罕见肿瘤；它们占成人所有肿瘤的1%。有新的诊断技术来区分肿瘤类型，而手术仍然是软组织肉瘤最重要的治疗方法。
这项横断面研究利用国家数据库分析了2010年至2020年期间成人软组织肉瘤导致的发病率和死亡率。
共报告了8393例因软组织肉瘤住院的患者。在过去十年中，厄瓜多尔因软组织肉瘤死亡的总数为7088例，皮钦查省和瓜亚斯省报告的病例数最多，死亡率为每10万人1.2至2.0例。值得注意的是，登记病例数的最低点是在2012年。
软组织肉瘤在厄瓜多尔是罕见肿瘤。在过去十年中，这些肿瘤导致的发病率和死亡率没有变化。需要进行全国性研究以确定这种疾病的患病率并研究降低死亡率的干预措施。
