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Soft tissue sarcomas: Staging principles and prognostic nomograms
Author(s) -
Massarweh Nader N.,
Dickson Paxton V.,
Anaya Daniel A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.23851
Subject(s) - nomogram , medicine , soft tissue , soft tissue sarcoma , staging system , stage (stratigraphy) , cancer , radiology , oncology , biology , paleontology
Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are a rare and heterogenous group of tumors that often represent a management challenge. The American Joint Committee on Cancer system is currently used to stage tumors and direct treatment. Limitations of the current STS staging system, future potential direction for pre‐operative staging, as well as the benefit of predictive nomograms for filling current knowledge gaps are all discussed. J. Surg. Oncol. 2015 111:532–539 . Published 2014. This article has been contributed to by US Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.