Soft tissue sarcomas: staging principles and prognostic nomograms.

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.