Summary Stage 2018: SS2018: Soft Tissue and Sarcomas
        
        
        
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                **Soft Tissue and Sarcomas**
C470-C479, C490-C499: 8000-8934, 8940-9138, 9141-9582
C000-C399, C420-C449, C480-C488, C500-C539, C569-C574, C577-C579, C589-C809 (varying histologies between 8710-8714, 8800-8934, 8940-9138, 9141-9582)
* *See Summary Stage 2018 Manual, Appendix II by primary site for a detailed listing of primary site/histology combinations for this schema*
**Note 1:** The following sources were used in the development of this chapter
* SEER Extent of Disease 1988: Codes and Coding Instructions (3rd Edition, 1998) (https://seer.cancer.gov/archive/manuals/EOD10Dig.3rd.pdf)
* SEER Summary Staging Manual-2000: Codes and Coding Instructions (https://seer.cancer.gov/tools/ssm/ssm2000/)
* Collaborative Stage Data Collection System, version 02.05:  https://cancerstaging.org/cstage/Pages/default.aspx 
* Chapter 40 *Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Head and Neck*, in the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, Eighth Edition (2017) published by Springer International Publishing. Used with permission of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
* Chapter 41 *Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Trunk and Extremities*, in the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, Eighth Edition (2017) published by Springer International Publishing. Used with permission of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
* Chapter 42 *Soft Tissue Sarcoma and of the Abdomen and Thoracic Visceral Organs*, in the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, Eighth Edition (2017) published by Springer International Publishing. Used with permission of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
* Chapter 45 *Soft Tissue Sarcoma - Unusual Histologies and Sites*, in the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, Eighth Edition (2017) published by Springer International Publishing. Used with permission of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
**Note 2:** For C470-C479, C490-C499 only, see the following schemas for the listed histologies 
* 8935-8936: *GIST*
* 9140: *Kaposi Sarcoma*
* 9700-9701: *Mycosis Fungoides*
**Note 3:** Code 0 is not applicable for this chapter.
            
        
        
        
        
        
            
        
        
        
        
        
            
                
                
                    
                        
    
        
    
        
            | SS2018 | Description | 
    
    
        
    
    
        
            
                | 1 | Localized only (localized, NOS)
- Confined to site of origin
- Deep tumor, NOS
- Superficial tumor, NOS | 
    
    
        
            
                | 2 | Regional by direct extension only
- Adjacent (connective) tissue, NOS
  + Into tissue beyond organ
- Adjacent organ(s)/structure(s), NOS
- Major vessel invasion
- Superficial or deep tumor WITH involvement of
  + adjacent (connective) tissue or adjacent organ(s)/structure(s)
- Abdomen and Thoracic Visceral Organs
  + Mesentery
  + Serosa
  + Visceral peritoneum | 
    
    
        
            
                | 3 | Regional lymph node(s) involved only
- Head and Neck 
    + Cervical
- Lip
    + Facial, NOS
    + Buccinator (buccal)
    + Mandibular (submandibular, submaxillary, submental)
    + Nasolabial
    + Parotid (infra-auricular, preauricular) 
- Eyelid/canthus
    + Facial (buccinator [buccal], nasolabial, NOS)
    + Mandibular (submandibular, submaxillary, submental)
    + Parotid, NOS (infra-auricular)
- External ear and auditory canal
    + Mastoid (posterior, retro-auricular) (occipital)
    + Preauricular
- Face, Other (cheek, chin, forehead, jaw, nose, and temple):
    + Facial, NOS (buccinator [buccal], nasolabial) 
    + Mandibular (submandibular, submaxillary, submental)
    + Parotid (infra-auricular, preauricular)
- Scalp
    + Mastoid (posterior, retro-auricular) (occipital)
    + Parotid (infra-auricular, preauricular)
    + Spinal accessory (posterior cervical)
- Neck
    + Axillary
    + Mandibular
    + Mastoid (posterior, retro-auricular) (occipital)
    + Parotid (infra-auricular, preauricular)
    + Spinal accessory (posterior cervical)
    + Submental (bilateral or contralateral)
    + Supraclavicular (transverse cervical)
- Arm/shoulder
    + Axillary
    + Epitrochlear for hand/forearm
    + Spinal accessory for shoulder
 - Leg/hip
    + Femoral (superficial inguinal)
    + Popliteal for heel and calf
- Thorax
    + Hilar (bronchopulmonary) (proximal lobar) (pulmonary root)
    + Mediastinal
 - Abdomen
    + Celiac
    + Iliac
    + Para-aortic
- Pelvis
    + Deep inguinal, NOS
    + Rosenmuller or Cloquet node
    + Superficial inguinal (femoral)
- Upper trunk
    + Axillary
    + Cervical
    + Internal mammary
    + Supraclavicular (transverse cervical)
 - Lower trunk
    + Superficial inguinal (femoral)
- Regional lymph node(s), NOS
  + Lymph node(s), NOS | 
    
    
        
            
                | 4 | Regional by BOTH direct extension AND regional lymph node(s) involved
- Codes (2) + (3) | 
    
    
        
            
                | 7 | Distant site(s)/lymph node(s) involved
- Distant site(s) (including further contiguous extension)
  + Head and Neck subsites
     * Brain parenchymal invasion
     * Carotid artery encasement
     * Central compartment visceral
     * Central nervous system involvement via perineural spread
     * Fascial skeleton
     * Orbital invasion
     * Prevertebral muscle invasion
     * Pterygoid muscles
     * Skull base/dural invasion
- Distant lymph node(s), NOS
- Distant metastasis, NOS
  + Carcinomatosis
  + Distant metastasis WITH or WITHOUT distant lymph node(s) | 
    
    
        
            
                | 9 | Unknown if extension or metastasis | 
    
    
                     
                 
             
        
        
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