Epidemiology of Soft Tissue Sarcoma and Bone Sarcoma inItaly: Analysis of Data from 15 Population-Based Cancer Registries

Table 4

Most frequent (% of total) soft tissue sarcomas morphologies at different sites by Italian geographic area. Cases diagnosed in 2009–2012 and archived in 15 Italian population-based cancer registries affiliated to AIRTUM.

Area of Italy	Site
	Abdomen	Lower extremity	Upper extremity	Head and neck	Trunk
North	Leiomyosarcoma (26%)	Liposarcoma (32%)	Fibrosarcoma (29%)	Leiomyosarcoma (31%)	Liposarcoma (24%)
Central	Sarcoma NOS (33%)	Fibrosarcoma (29%)	Leiomyosarcoma (71%)	Myxosarcoma (17%)	Fibrosarcoma (27%)
				Leiomyosarcoma (17%)	Leiomyosarcoma (27%)
South	Leiomyosarcoma (30%)	Liposarcoma (37%)	Fibrosarcoma (25%)	Fibrosarcoma (20%)	Fibrosarcoma (22%)
				Hemangiosarcoma (20%)