The Scandinavian Sarcoma Group Register 1986-2001.

The Scandinavian Sarcoma Group--background, organization and the SSG Register--the first 25 years.

Reliability of Margin Assessment after Surgery for Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma: The SSG Experience

Surgery remains the mainstay of soft tissue sarcoma (STS) treatment and has been the primary treatment for the majority of patients in Scandinavia during the last 30 years although the use of adjuvant radiotherapy has increased. Patient and treatment characteristics have been recorded in the Scandinavian Sarcoma Group (SSG) Register since 1987. When the effect of new radiotherapy guidelines fro...

The Scandinavian Sarcoma Group Central Register: 6,000 patients after 25 years of monitoring of referral and treatment of extremity and trunk wall soft-tissue sarcoma

Purpose - We wanted to examine the potential of the Scandinavian Sarcoma Group (SSG) Central Register, and evaluate referral and treatment practice for soft-tissue sarcomas in the extremities and trunk wall (STS) in the Nordic countries. Background - Based on incidence rates from the literature, 8,150 (7,000-9,300) cases of STS of the extremity and trunk wall should have been diagnosed in Norwa...

Medical Oncology

Objective: Present how the SSG register of bone and soft tissue sarcoma patients has an important role for ensuring quality control and as a basis for research projects. Methods: The SSG Register was initiated in 1986 and more than 5000 patients from sarcoma centers in Finland, Norway and Sweden have been accrued. Patient data was registered at the participating institutions. For in-depth studi...

The Scandinavian Sarcoma Group Skeletal Metastasis Register. Survival after surgery for bone metastases in the pelvis and extremities.

INTRODUCTION The assessment of the prognosis for the individual patient is important for the choice of surgical treatment of skeletal metastases. In 1999 the Scandinavian Sarcoma Group (SSG) initiated the Skeletal Metastasis Register as a multicentric, prospective study to provide a scientific basis for treatment recommendations. To improve prognostication we analyzed the survival of patients w...