Multidisciplinary Management of Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Table 1

(a) AJCC soft tissue sarcoma [10] and (b) Enneking/MSTS [11] staging criteria.

(a) AJCC soft tissue sarcoma [10]

Tumor size
T1		5 cm or less
T2		>5 cm
Location
a		Superficial
b		Deep
Lymph nodes
N0: no nodal metastases
N1: nodal metastasis present
Distant metastases
M0: no distant metastases
M1: distant metastases present
Histologic grade
G1		Low
G2		Intermediate
G3		High
Group/stage	T	N	M	Histologic grade
IA	T1a	N0	M0	G1
	T1b	N0	M0	G1
IB	T2a	N0	M0	G1
	T2b	N0	M0	G1
IIA	T1a	N0	M0	G2, G3
	T1b	N0	M0	G2, G3
IIB	T2a	N0	M0	G2
	T2b	N0	M0	G2
III	T2a, T2b	N0	M0	G3
	Any T	N1	M0	Any G
IV	Any T	Any N	M1	Any G

(b) Enneking/MSTS [11] staging criteria

Tumor grade
Low grade	1
High grade	2
Location
Intracompartmental	a
Extracompartmental	b
Stage	Description
IA	Low grade, intracompartmental
IB	Low grade, extracompartmental
IIA	High grade, intracompartmental
IIB	High grade, extracompartmental
III	Metastatic (any grade and location)