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Source: Soft Tissue Sarcoma Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, National Cancer Institute.
Source updated: February 21, 2025 · Captured 2026-09-09.
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Context: Treatment of Stage I Soft Tissue Sarcoma / Treatment Options for Stage I Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Low-grade soft tissue sarcomas have little metastatic potential, but they have a tendency to recur locally. The treatment of choice for patients with early-stage sarcomas (tumors ≤5 cm in diameters) is surgical excision with negative tissue margins (of 1 cm to 2 cm or larger) in all directions.[3-10]
The Mohs surgical technique may be considered as an alternative to wide surgical excision for very rare, small, well-differentiated primary sarcomas of the skin when cosmetic results are important, as margins can be assured with minimal normal tissue removal.[11]
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