The Scandinavian Sarcoma Group Register 1986-2001.

In 1986, the Scandinavian Sarcoma Group initiated a Register of sarcoma patients who had been referred to tumor centers in Finland, Norway and Sweden. The Southern Sweden Sarcoma Register served as a model for the SSG Register (Rydholm 1983). All sarcoma centers in Norway (Bergen, Oslo, and Trondheim) and Sweden (Gothenburg, Linkoping, Lund, Stockholm, Umea) have continuously reported patients to the SSG Register. In these countries patients with sarcoma of the trunk wall and extremities are not treated outside of these referral centers except by mistake. Comparisons with the respective National Cancer Reg