AYA	Adolescents and young adults
BS	Bone sarcoma
CR	Conversion rate
CPP	Cancer Patient Pathway
CT	Chemotherapy
DFS	Dermatofibrosarcoma
DFS	Disease-free survival
DM	Distant metastasis
DMFS	Distant metastasis-free survival
DMR	Distant metastasis rate
DR	Detection rate
DSS	Disease-specific survival
EP	Emergency presentation
FDS	Faster diagnostic standard
FSG	French Sarcoma Group
GIST	Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
GP	General practitioner
HG	High grade
H/N	Head/neck
KS	Kaposi’s sarcoma
LG	Low grade
LMS	Leiomyosarcoma
LRFS	Local recurrence-free survival
m	Months
MDT	Multidisciplinary team
MRI	Magnetic resonance imaging
NPRs	Non-planned resections
MFS	Metastasis-free survival
NCDB	National Cancer Database
NICE	National Institute for Care and Care Excellence
OpS	Orthopedic surgeon
OS	Overall survival
Path	Pathology
PPV	Positive predictive value
RT	Radiotherapy
RTD	Route to diagnosis
RPS	Retroperitoneal sarcoma
Rx	Radiology
SC	Subcutaneous
SDTM	Sarcoma diagnostic triage meeting
SSMN	Scottish Sarcoma Managed Clinical Network
S/SD	Size/symptom duration ratio
SS	Synovial sarcoma
STS	Soft tissue sarcoma
SUK20S	Sarcoma UK 2020 survey
T0	Patient’s delay
T1	General practitioner’s delay
T2	Non-specialist’s delay
TTI	Time to treatment initiation
T/Extr	Trunk/extremities
2WW	Two Weeks Wait
WD_LPS	Well-differentiated liposarcoma
w	Week
w/o	Without