Inclusion of malignant soft tissue tumours of the WHO classification 2013 vs 2012
| Category | Malignant subtypes | 2013 | 2002 | Inclusion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adipocytic tumours | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Dedifferentiated liposarcoma | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Myxoid liposarcoma | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Pleomorphic liposarcoma | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Liposarcoma, not otherwise specified | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Round cell liposarcoma | No | 2002 | Included | |
| Mixed-type liposarcoma | No | 2002 | Included | |
| Fibrobastic/myofibroblastic tumours | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Adult fibrosarcoma | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Myxofibrosarcoma | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Sclerosing epitheloid fibrosarcoma | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Malignant haemangiopericytoma | No | No | Included | |
| So-called fibrohistiocytic tumours | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Pleomorphic ‘MFH'/(UPS) | No | 2002 | Included | |
| Giant cell ‘MFH'/UPS with giant cells | No | 2002 | Included | |
| Inflammatory ‘MFH'/UPS with prominent inflammation | No | 2002 | Included | |
| Smooth muscle tumours | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Leiomyosarcoma (excluding skin) | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Pericytic (perivascular) tumours | 2013 | 2002 | No | |
| Skeletal muscle tumours | 2013 | 2002 | No | |
| Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma | 2013 | 2002 | No | |
| Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma | 2013 | 2002 | No | |
| Pleomorhic rhabdomyosarcoma | 2013 | 2002 | No | |
| Spindle cell/sclerosing rhabdomyosarcoma | 2013 | No | No | |
| Vascular tumours of soft tissue | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Epithelioid haemangioendothelioma | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Angiosarcoma of soft tissue | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Chondro-osseous tumours | 2013 | 2002 | No | |
| Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma | 2013 | 2002 | No | |
| Extraskeletal osteosarcoma | 2013 | 2002 | No | |
| Gastrointestinal stromal tumours | 2013 | No | Included | |
| Gastrointestinal stromal tumour, malignant | 2013 | No | Included | |
| Nerve sheath tumours | 2013 | No | Included | |
| Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour | 2013 | No | Included | |
| Epithelioid malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour | 2013 | No | Included | |
| Malignant Triton tumour | 2013 | No | Included | |
| Malignant granular cell tumour | 2013 | No | Included | |
| Ectomesenchymoma | 2013 | No | Included | |
| Tumours of uncertain differentiation | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Synovial sarcoma NOS | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Epithelioid sarcoma | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Alveolar soft-part sarcoma | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Clear cell sarcoma of soft tissue | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma | 2013 | 2002 | No | |
| Extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma | 2013 | 2002 | No | |
| Desmoplastic small round cell tumour | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Extrarenal rhabdoid tumour | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Neoplasms with perivascular epithelioid cell differentiation | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Intimal sarcoma | 2013 | 2002 | Included | |
| Malignant Mesenchymoma | No | 2002 | Included | |
| Undifferentiated/unclassified sarcomas | 2013 | No | Included | |
| Undifferentiated spindle cell sarcoma | 2013 | No | Included | |
| UPS | 2013 | No | Included | |
| Undifferentiated round cell sarcoma | 2013 | No | Included | |
| Undifferentiated epithelioid sarcoma | 2013 | No | Included | |
| Undifferentiated sarcoma NOS | 2013 | No | Included |
MFH, malignant fibrous histiocytoma; NOS, not otherwise specified; UPS, undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma.