Table 1.

Distribution of STS in Ireland according to the anatomical site

Location	Incidence rate (cases per 100,000 per year)
	Females	Males	Total
STS of head and neck	0.16	0.35	0.24
STS of limbs	0.75	1.09	0.90
STS of superficial trunk	0.33	0.53	0.42
STS of mediastinum	0.01	0.01	0.01
STS of heart	0.02	0.02	0.02
STS of breast	0.38	0.00	0.19
STS of uterus	1.44	–	–
STS of paratestis	–	0.03	–
STSs of other genitourinarya	0.46	0.13	0.30
STS of viscera	0.23	0.31	0.27
STS of retroperitoneum and peritoneum	0.13	0.18	0.15
STS of pelvis	0.20	0.24	0.22
STS of skin	0.31	0.55	0.42
STS of paraorbit	0.01	0.01	0.01
STS of brain and other nervous system	0.15	0.16	0.15
Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of soft tissue	0.08	0.11	0.10
Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of soft tissue	0.04	0.06	0.05
Ewing's sarcoma of soft tissue	0.02	0.05	0.03
STS other and unspecified	0.20	0.27	0.23
Total STSsb	4.92	4.10	4.48

STS, soft‐tissue sarcoma; ASR, age standardized rates; GIST, gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Figures in bold indicate sites with highest ASR.

^aVulva, vagina, ovary, penis, prostate, testis, kidney, renal pelvis, ureter, bladder, and urethra.

^bExcludes GIST and Kaposi sarcoma.