Closed protocols, Scandinavian Scarcoma Group (SSG)
  SSG I Adjuvant chemotherapy in STS 1981-1986
  SSG II Combination therapy in OS 1982-1990
  SSG III Radiotherapy in inoperable STS 1982
  SSG IV Combined modality therapy in EWS 1984-1990
  SSG V Treatment program for STS 1986
  SSG VI Combined modality therapy for OS 1987
  SSG VIII The treatment of OS 1990-1998
  SSG IX Combined modality therapy in EWS 1990-1999
  SSG X Treatment of advanced STS with (VIG) 1991-1997
  SSG XI Palliative Oral Trofosfamide in the treatment of metastatic or locally advanced STS 1994-1996
  SSG XII Metastasecetomy and chemotherapy for lungmetastases from STS. A randomized phase III study 1996-2000
  SSG XIII Treatment protocol for adult patients with high-risk soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities and trunk wall 1998-2007
  SSG XIV Treatment research protocol for extremity localized high-grade osteosarcoma. (Age < 41 years). 2001-2005
  SSG XV Phase III randmized intergroup, international trial assessing the clinical activity of STI-571 at two dose levels in patients with unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) expressing the KIT receptor tyrosine (CD117) 2001
  SSG XVIII

Short (12 months) versus long (36 months) duration of adjuvant treatment with the tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib mesylate of operable GIST with a high risk for recurrence: A randomized phase III study. 2006

Instructions for completion of SSG XVIII CRF
SSG XVIII Arm 1 12 months
SSG XVIII Arm 2 36 months


2004-2008
ISG/SSG I An Italian - Scandinavian treatment and research protocol for high-grade osteosarcoma of the extremities (localized disease and metastatic relapse) 1997-2000
  ISG/SSG II An Italian-Scandinavian treatment protocol for metastatic and pelvic osteosarcoma 1998-2002
  ISG/SSG IV Treatment protocol for high-risk Ewing´s family tumors. 1999-2009