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World J Clin Oncol. Oct 24, 2025; 16(10): 108419
Published online Oct 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i10.108419
Published online Oct 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i10.108419
Surgeons’ opinions about enhanced recovery after surgery for retroperitoneal sarcoma: A survey
Luca Improta, Sergio Valeri, Soft Tissue Sarcoma Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-medico, Rome 00128, Italy
Chiara Maura Ciniselli, Paolo Verderio, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Unit, Department of Applied Research and Technological Developement, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan 20133, Lombardy, Italy
Sandro Pasquali, Marco Fiore, Sarcoma Service, Department of Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan 20133, Lombardy, Italy
Sandro Pasquali, Molecularar Pharmacology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan 20133, Lombardy, Italy
Author contributions: Improta L, Ciniselli CM, Verderio P, Pasquali S, Fiore M, Valeri S, conceptualized and designed the study; Improta L collected data; Verderio P, Ciniselli CM, Pasquali S performed statistical analyses; Improta L, Pasquali S, Fiore M prepared the manuscript; Valeri S, Ciniselli CM, Verderio P reviewed the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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Corresponding author: Luca Improta, MD, PhD, Soft Tissue Sarcoma Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-medico, Via Álvaro del Portillo 200, Rome 00128, Italy.
Received: April 14, 2025
Revised: June 22, 2025
Accepted: September 29, 2025
Published online: October 24, 2025
Processing time: 193 Days and 18.6 Hours
Revised: June 22, 2025
Accepted: September 29, 2025
Published online: October 24, 2025
Processing time: 193 Days and 18.6 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This study explores the development of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program tailored to retroperitoneal sarcoma (RPS) surgery through a structured expert survey. Despite growing interest, surgeon concordance on the relevance and feasibility of proposed ERAS items remains limited, even after a one-year interval. These findings underscore the complexity of translating general ERAS principles into RPS-specific protocols and highlight the urgent need for broader multidisciplinary collaboration to establish a standardized, consensus-based pathway. This work lays the groundwork for future efforts aimed at optimizing perioperative care and improving outcomes in RPS patients.