[Clinical characteristics of unclassified soft tissue tumors]

The authors have analysed the data obtained in 462 patients with malignant tumors of soft tissues, operated upon in this Institute during the period of 1948-1973, inclusively. Some features of the clinical picture were revealed that might allow the investigators in some cases to suggest the histological type of the tumor, referred to as a nonclassified group. Such pinpointing further of the diagnosis is of some practical value from the point of view of selecting indications to some or other method of treatment in patients with malignant tumors of soft tissues.