title: The Italian registry of soft tissue tumors.
abstract: After a review of the incidence data on malignant soft-tissue tumors in Italy (Registro dei Tumori della Regione Lombardia, provincia di Varese), Europe (nine European Cancer Registries considered representative of various geographical areas) and extra-European countries (data of ten World Cancer Registries), the aim and the organization of the Italian Malignant Soft-Tissue Tumor Registry are described. The collection system is based on dedicated forms prepared for the computerization of all data. From 1.1.1985 to 31.3.1987, 207 cases of malignant and potentially malignant soft-tissue tumors entered the Registry, with exclusion of those sarcomas arising in viscera. The distribution, categorized by histologic type, sex and site, and the preliminary results on relapses and metastases are reported.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Anatomia Patologica e Citologia, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milano, Italia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Clemente
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orazi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rilke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries; D012737:Sex Factors; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology