The National Cancer Data Base report on soft tissue sarcoma
1996
oft tissue sarcoma is a rare solid tumor that accounts for less than S 1% of the annual new diagnoses of malignancy in adults in the United States.’ This disease encompasses more than 20 histologically and biologically distinct sarcoma subtypes. American Joint Committee on Cancer staging takes into account tumor size, tumor grade, and the presence or absence of lymph node and/or distant metastases. There have been gradual improvements in patient survival and quality of life discernible as a trend over the past 20 years, with overall 5-year survival currently at approximately 50-60% for all stages.’ Most
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