Establishment of an Academic Tissue Microarray Platform as a Tool for Soft Tissue Sarcoma Research

Table 1

List of the established, ready-to-use tissue microarrays.

Institutions that contributed samples	Name of tissue microarrays	Soft tissue sarcoma subtypes included	Number of cases	Number of blocks	Number of cores per block	Core size (mm)
UZ Leuven and collaborating institutions	UZL_PT_TMA_multiple subtype STS	Angiosarcoma	7	7	2	1.0
		Dedifferentiated liposarcoma	10	10
		Pleomorphic liposarcoma	10	10
		Myxoid liposarcoma	10	10
		Leiomyosarcoma	9	9
		Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor	10	10
		Myxofibrosarcoma	11	11
		Rhabdomyosarcoma	7	7
		Synovial sarcoma	10	10
		Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma	9	9
	UZL_PT_TMA_CCSA	Clear cell sarcoma	22	35	2	1.0
	UZL_PT_TMA_ASPS	Alveolar soft part sarcoma	12	16	3	1.5
	UZL_PT_TMA_IMFT	Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor	12	12	3	1.5
	UZL_PT_TMA_ARMS	Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma	21	34	2	1.0
	UZL_PT_TMA_LMS	Leiomyosarcoma	55	131	2	1.0
	UZL_PT_TMA_GIST	Gastrointestinal stromal tumor	72	76	2	1.0
	UZL_PT_TMA_LPS	Well-differentiated liposarcoma	14	20	3	1.0
		Dedifferentiated liposarcoma	11	16
		Pleomorphic liposarcoma	6	7
		Myxoid liposarcoma	10	19
	UZL_PT_TMA_SFT	Solitary fibrous tumor	Under construction
	UZL_PT_TMA_ANGS	Angiosarcoma	In preparation
	UZL_PT_TMA_SYNSA	Synovial sarcoma	In preparation
EORTC phase 2 trial 90101 (CREATE)	CREATE_TMA_CCSA	Clear cell sarcoma	32	32	3	1.5
	CREATE_TMA_ASPS	Alveolar soft part sarcoma	47	49	3	1.5
	CREATE_TMA_IMFT	Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor	21	21	3	1.5

EORTC: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer