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stage IB soft tissue sarcoma

Cancer in which the cells look somewhat different from normal cells. The cancer is larger than 5 centimeters (about 2 inches) and has not spread to lymph nodes or other parts of the body.

Previous Definitions:	stage I vulvar cancer, stage I Wilms tumor, stage IA gallbladder cancer, stage IA soft tissue sarcoma, stage IB gallbladder cancer
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