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ArticleThe American journal of surgical pathology2025

International Multicenter Retrospective Study From the Ultra-rare Sarcoma Working Group on Low-grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma, Sclerosing Epithelioid Fibrosarcoma, and Hybrid Forms: Outcome of Primary Localized Disease.

Claudia Giani, Abdulazeez Salawu, Silva Ljevar, Ryan A Denu, Andrea Napolitano, Emanuela Palmerini, Elizabeth A Connolly, Koichi Ogura, Daniel D Wong, Roberto Scanferla and 39 more

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  1. Uncommon location, diagnostic challenge: A case series of acral low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2026
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49 authors.

Claudia GianiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8630-4037
Abdulazeez SalawuDivision of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Mount Sinai Hospital and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada.
Silva LjevarUnit of Biostatistics for Clinical Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Ryan A DenuDivision of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Andrea NapolitanoDepartment of Medical Oncology, The Royal Marsden NHS and Institute of Cancer Research, London.
Emanuela PalmeriniOsteoncology, Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas, and Innovative Therapies Unit, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
Elizabeth A ConnollyDepartment of Medical Oncology, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse.
Koichi OguraDepartment of Musculoskeletal Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Daniel D WongDepartment of Anatomical Pathology, PathWest, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
Roberto ScanferlaDepartment of Orthopedics Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy.
Evan RosenbaumDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
Jyoti BajpaiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National University, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Zola Chia-Chen LiDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Susie BaeDepartment of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Lorenzo D'AmbrosioDepartment of Medical Oncology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Steve BialickDepartment of Medical Oncology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Andrew J WagnerDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
Alexander T J LeeDepartment of Medical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester.
Hanna Koseła-PaterczykDepartment of Medical Oncology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
Giacomo G BaldiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Hospital of Prato, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Prato, Italy.
Antonella BrunelloDepartment of Oncology, Medical Oncology 1 Unit, Istituto Oncologico Veneto IOV - IRCCS, Padua, Italy.
Yeh Chen LeeDepartment of Medical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital (POW), Randwick.
Herbert H LoongDepartment of Clinical Oncology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Sosipatros BoikosDepartment of Medical Oncology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
Fernando CamposDepartment of Medical Oncology, A.C.Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil.
Carlo M CicalaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona.
Robert G MakiDepartment of Medical Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
Nadia HindiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Fundación Jimenez Diaz University Hospital and Villalba General Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Costanza FiguraSurgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Shahd S AlmohsenDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Sheyaskumar PatelDivision of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Robin L JonesDepartment of Medical Oncology, The Royal Marsden NHS and Institute of Cancer Research, London.
Toni IbrahimOsteoncology, Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas, and Innovative Therapies Unit, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
Rooshdiya KarimDepartment of Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW Health Pathology, Sydney.
Akira KawaiDepartment of Musculoskeletal Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Richard Carey-SmithDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA.
Richard BoyleOrthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Sydney.
Silvia M TavernaTechnology Transfer Office, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Alexander J LazarDepartment of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Elizabeth G DemiccoDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Judith V M G BoveeDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, The Netherlands.
Angelo P Dei TosDepartment of Pathology, Azienda Ospedale-Università Padova, Padova, Italy.
Christopher FletcherDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Daniel BaumhoerDepartment of Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Marta SbaragliaDepartment of Pathology, Azienda Ospedale-Università Padova, Padova, Italy.
Inga-Marie SchaeferDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Rosalba MiceliUnit of Biostatistics for Clinical Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Alessandro GronchiSurgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Silvia StacchiottiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
TRAINING FOR ACADEMIC ONCOLOGY/HEMATOLOGYT32CA009666 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Michael Davies, Courtney DiNardo · 1994 to 2026
$9.8M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009666
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the study was to report the outcome of primary localized low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS), sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma (SEF), and hybrid LGFMS/SEF (H-LGFMS/SEF). Patients with primary localized LGFMS, SEF, or H-LGFMS/SEF, surgically treated with curative intent from January 2000 to September 2022, were enrolled from 14 countries and 27 institutions. Pathologic inclusion criteria were predefined by expert pathologists. The primary endpoint was overall survival (OS). Secondary endpoints were crude cumulative incidence (CCI) of local recurrence (LR), CCI of distant metastases (DM), and post-metastases OS (p-OS). Two hundred ninety-four patients (239 LGFMS, 32 SEF, and 23 H-LGFMS/SEF) were identified. At a median(m-) follow-up (FU) of 57.1 months, 12/294 patients died. The 5- and 10-year OS were 99.0% and 95.9% in LGFMS, 86.2% and 67.0% in SEF, and 84.8% and 84.8% in H-LGFMS/SEF, respectively. Predictors of worse OS included pathology, age at surgery, systemic therapy, and radiotherapy. LR developed in 13/294 (4.4%) patients. The observed m-time to LR was 10.7 months. The 5- and 10-yr CCI-LR were 4.7% in LGFMS and 6.6% in SEF, respectively. There were no LR events in H-LGFMS/SEF. The sole predictor of higher risk of LR was histology. DM developed in 23/294 (7.8%) patients. The observed m-time to DM was 28.2 months. The 5- and 10-yr CCI-DM were 1.3% and 2.7% in LGMFS, 29.9% and 57.7% in SEF, 48.9% and 48.9% in H-LGFMS/SEF, respectively. Predictors of higher risk of DM were histology, systemic therapy, and radiotherapy. Primary localized LGFMS treated with complete surgical resection has an excellent prognosis, while about 50% of H-LGFMS/SEF and SEF develop DM within 5 to 10 years. Very long-term FU is needed to understand absolute cure rates.

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FibrosarcomaNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSoft Tissue Neoplasms

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PMCPMC11634151

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