Summary of Changes
Angiosarcoma and malignant mesenchymoma are no longer included in the list of histologic types for this site.
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor and Ewing’s sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor have been added to the list of histologic types for this site.
Fibrosarcoma grade I has been replaced by fibromatosis (desmoid tumor) in the list of histologic types not included in this site.
G 1–2, T2b, NO MO tumors have been reclassified as Stage I rather than Stage II disease.
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American Joint Committee on Cancer. (2002). Soft Tissue Sarcoma. In: Greene, F.L., et al. AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3656-4_22
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