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. 2025 Jun 23;17(13):2096. doi: 10.3390/cancers17132096

Correction: Gonzalez et al. Principles of Surgical Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcomas. Cancers 2025, 17, 401

Marcos R Gonzalez 1, Carolina Mendez-Guerra 2, Megan H Goh 1, Juan Pretell-Mazzini 3,4,*
PMCID: PMC12249201  PMID: 40647565

In the original publication [1], there was a mistake: Table 3 and its citations in the main text were missing. The correct Table 3 and its caption appear below. The citations for Table 3 have been added in 3.1. Margin Assessment.

Table 3.

Classification systems for surgical margins in STS.

MSTS [69] AJCC
(R Classification) [70]
UICC
(R + 1 mm Classification) [71]
TMCC [72]
Margin Class Plane of Dissection Margin Class Description Margin Class Description
Radical Extracompartmental en bloc entire compartment R0 Tumor does not reach intact barrier or resection margins Resection margin > 1 mm Negative Tumor does not reach intact barrier or resection margins
Wide Intracompartmental en bloc with cuff of normal tissue R1 Microscopic residual tumor Resection margin < 1 mm Planned closure Positive surgical margins against one or more critical structures (nerve, vessel or bone) which had been planned preoperatively as part of a primary resection
Marginal Shell out en bloc through pseudocapsule or reactive zone R2 Macroscopic residual tumor Macroscopic tumor contamination Positive after prior unplanned excision Positive margin on tumor bed re-excision
Intralesional Piecemeal debulking or curettage Unplanned positive margins Positive margin which had not been planned

AJCC: American Joint Committee on Cancer (R classification); MSTS: Musculoskeletal Tumor Society; UICC: Union for International Cancer Control; TMCC: Toronto Margin Context Classification.

The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.

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Reference

  • 1.Gonzalez M.R., Mendez-Guerra C., Goh M.H., Pretell-Mazzini J. Principles of Surgical Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcomas. Cancers. 2025;17:401. doi: 10.3390/cancers17030401. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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