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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