Improving Long-Term Outcomes for Patients with Extra-Abdominal Soft Tissue Sarcoma Regionalization to High-Volume Centers, Improved Compliance with Guidelines or Both?

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">Compliant group</td><td class="align_center">Noncompliant group</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Stage I</td><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_left"> </td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> T1a-1b and margins R0</td><td class="align_center">No radiation</td><td class="align_center">Yes radiation (overtreatment)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> T1a-1b and margins R1 and R2</td><td class="align_center">Yes radiation</td><td class="align_center">No radiation (undertreatment)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> T2a-2b</td><td class="align_center">Yes radiation</td><td class="align_center">No radiation (undertreatment)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Stage II and III</td><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_left"> </td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> All patients</td><td class="align_center">Yes radiation</td><td class="align_center">No radiation (undertreatment)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Definition of compliance based on NCCN guidelines for radiation therapy in the treatment of extra-abdominal STS.</div>

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Table 1: Improving Long-Term Outcomes for Patients with Extra-Abdominal Soft Tissue Sarcoma Regionalization to High-Volume Centers, Improved Compliance with Guidelines or Both? 

Table 1 | Improving Long-Term Outcomes for Patients with Extra-Abdominal Soft Tissue Sarcoma Regionalization to High-Volume Centers, Improved Compliance with Guidelines or Both? 