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Pathology and grading of soft tissue sarcomas

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Book cover Multidisciplinary Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research ((CTAR,volume 67))

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Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) can be defined as malignant tumors of nonepithelial extraskeletal tissue of the body exclusive of the reticuloendothelial system, glia, and supporting tissue of various parenchymal organs. By convention, malignant tumors of the peripheral nervous system are included because they pose similar problems in diagnosis and therapy [1]. In this chapter, we will not discuss bone and visceral sarcomas, for which diagnostic and therapeutic problems are different.

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    Jaap Verweij

  2. Department of Medical Oncology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Herbert M. Pinedo

  3. Department of Radiation Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Herman D. Suit

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Coindre, J.M. (1993). Pathology and grading of soft tissue sarcomas. In: Verweij, J., Pinedo, H.M., Suit, H.D. (eds) Multidisciplinary Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcomas. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 67. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3082-4_1

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