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stage IA soft tissue sarcoma

Cancer in which the cells look very much like normal cells. The cancer is smaller than 5 centimeters (about 2 inches) and has not spread to lymph nodes or other parts of the body.

Previous Definitions:	stage I uterine sarcoma, stage I vaginal cancer, stage I vulvar cancer, stage I Wilms tumor, stage IA gallbladder cancer
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