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- Title
A European project on incidence, treatment, and outcome of sarcoma.
- Authors
Mastrangelo, Giuseppe; Fadda, Emanuela; Cegolon, Luca; Montesco, Maria C; Ray-Coquard, Isabel; Buja, Alessandra; Fedeli, Ugo; Frasson, Alvise; Spolaore, Paolo; Rossi, Carlo R
- Abstract
Sarcomas are rare tumors (1-2% of all cancers) of mesenchymal origin that may develop in soft tissues and viscera. Since the International Classification of Disease (ICD) attributes visceral sarcomas (VS) to the organ of origin, the incidence of sarcoma is grossly underestimated. The rarity of the disease and the variety of histological types (more than 70) or locations account for the difficulty in acquiring sufficient personal experience. In view of the above the European Commission funded the project called Connective Tissues Cancers Network (CONTICANET), to improve the prognosis of sarcoma patients by increasing the level of standardization of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures through a multicentre collaboration.
- Publication
BMC public health, 2010, Vol 10, p188
- ISSN
1471-2458
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2458-10-188