AIMS: The objectives of this study were to present changes in referral patterns, treatment and survival in @entity1 with high-grade malignant @entity79 in Sweden and Norway based on data in the Scandinavian Sarcoma Group (SSG) Central Register. METHOD: Data on 1,437 @entity1 with diagnosis 1986-2010 was analyzed. RESULTS: @entity421 was the most frequentl diagnosis (45%), followed by @entity2828 (21%) and @entity511 (17%). Thirty-one percent of Swedish and 41% of Norwegian @entity1 had @entity5 in the axial skeleton. Eighty-six percent of extremity @entity5 and 66% of @entity5 were referred to a @entity242 center prior to unplanned surgery or biopsy. During the past decade, limb salvage surgery has risen from under 50% to over 80%. Five-year overall survival in non-metastatic @entity421 was 70% for extremity @entity5 , and 35% for @entity5 . No improvement in @entity421 survival was observed during the last decade. Five-year survival in @entity2828 improved from 50% to 69%. CONCLUSION: Referral patterns in @entity79 have improved. However, greater efforts should be dedicated to improving referral of @entity1 with possible @entity5 in the axial skeleton to multidisciplinary teams (MDTs). Overall survival of @entity1 with high-grade malignant @entity79 in Sweden and Norway is in line with other reports. J. Surg. Oncol. 2015;9999:1-8.    2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Referral patterns, treatment and outcome of high-grade malignant XXXX in Scandinavia-SSG Central Register 25 years' experience.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity2828 :: ('MESH:D012512', 'Disease') :: ['Ewing sarcoma'] @entity511 :: ('MESH:D002813', 'Disease') :: ['chondrosarcoma'] @entity242 :: ('MESH:D012509', 'Disease') :: ['sarcoma'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['axial tumors', 'tumors'] @entity79 :: ('MESH:D001847', 'Disease') :: ['bone sarcomas', 'bone sarcoma'] @entity421 :: ('MESH:D012516', 'Disease') :: ['Osteosarcoma', 'osteosarcoma']
@entity79 :: (MESH:D001847,Disease) :: ['bone sarcoma']
