Raw data for patients with giant axillary soft tissue sarcoma

Raw data for 21 patients with giant axillary soft tissue sarcoma, who underwent limb salvage surgery with conventional preoperative planning based on each seperate images, or three dimensional multimodal reconstruction derived from these images, in West China Hospital Sichuan University. 

Eligibility requirements included biopsy-proven, resectable giant axillary STS (diameter > 5 cm), age > 14 years, and a clinical course aimed at curative limb salvage surgery. The exclusion criteria were severe systemic disease and intolerance to surgery.

The patient enrolment period was from November 2019 to December 2020, whereas data collection was from November 2019 to June 2021. TThe median follow-up duration was 10 months (range, 6–18 months).

Patient demographics data included sex, age, tumour size, histology type, the Fédération Nationale des Centres de Lutte Contre le Cancer (FNCLCC) grading, stage, and neurovascular involvement. Outcome measures included surgical margins, surgical complications, operative time, blood loss, serum C-reactive protein and interleukin-6, length of hospital stay, and limb function.