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This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Bone sarcomas".)
International
●Trans-Atlantic Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group (TARPSWG): A consensus approach for the management of metastatic retroperitoneal sarcoma (2018)
●TARPSWG: A consensus approach for the management of recurrent retroperitoneal sarcoma (RPS) in the adult (2016)
●TARPSWG: A consensus approach for the management of primary retroperitoneal sarcoma (RPS) in the adult (2015)
●International Expert Panel: Preliminary consensus for treatment guidelines for preoperative radiation therapy for retroperitoneal sarcoma (2015)
United States
●National Cancer Institute (NCI): Soft tissue sarcoma – Health professional version
●American College of Radiology (ACR)-Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR)-Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR): Practice parameter for the performance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the soft-tissue components of the pelvis (2024)
●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on malignant or aggressive primary musculoskeletal tumor-staging and surveillance (2022)
●ACR-SPR-Society of Skeletal Radiology (SSR): Practice parameter for the performance and interpretation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of bone and soft-tissue tumors (2020)
Europe
●European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO), European Dermatology Forum (EDF), European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), and European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV): Diagnosis and treatment of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans – European interdisciplinary guideline, 2024 update (published 2025)
●EUropean Network for RAre CANcers (EURACAN) Initiative: Diagnosis and treatment of peripheral and cranial nerve tumors with expert recommendations (2023)
●European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)-EURACAN-European Reference Network for Genetic Tumour Risk Syndromes (GENTURIS): Soft tissue and visceral sarcomas – Clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up (2021)
●Sarcoma PAtients EuroNet (SPAEN) and European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC): The management of sporadic desmoid-type fibromatosis – A European consensus initiative, update (2017)
●EORTC: Evaluation of response after pre-operative radiotherapy in soft tissue sarcomas – Recommendations for radiological examination and reporting with an emphasis on magnetic resonance imaging (2016)
●EORTC: Technical considerations in surgery for retroperitoneal sarcomas – Position paper from E-Surge, a master class in sarcoma surgery (2012)
United Kingdom
●British Sarcoma Group (BSG): UK guidelines for the management of soft tissue sarcomas, 2024 update (published 2025)
India
●Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR): Consensus document for management on soft tissue sarcoma and osteosarcoma (2016)
Japan
●[In English] Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA): Clinical practice guidelines on the management of soft tissue tumors – Secondary publication, 2020 (published 2022)
●[In Japanese] Japanese Dermatological Association (JDA): Cutaneous angiosarcoma clinical practice guideline, 3rd edition (2021)
●[In Japanese] JOA: Clinical practice guidelines on the management of soft tissue tumors (2020)
