The Dutch/Memorial Sloan-Kettering cancer center classification system for retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcomas
The Dutch/Memorial Sloan-Kettering cancer center classification system for retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcomas
Classification
Definition
Stage I
Low-grade, complete resection, no metastases
Stage II
High-grade, complete resection, no metastases
Stage III
Any grade, incomplete resection, no metastases
Stage IV
Any grade, any resection, distant metastases
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Modified from: van Dalen T, Hennipman A, Van Coevorden F, et al. Evaluation of a clinically applicable post-surgical classification system for primary retroperitoneal soft-tissue sarcoma. Ann Surg Oncol 2004; 11:483.
