title: Soft tissue sarcomas: staging principles and prognostic nomograms.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: VA HSR&D Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas; Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Nader N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Massarweh
authors.forename: Paxton V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Dickson
authors.forename: Daniel A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Anaya
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049451:Nomograms; D011379:Prognosis; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: nomograms; prognostic factors; soft tissue sarcoma; staging