Postoperative nomogram for 12-year sarcoma-specific death based upon data from 2163 patients treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Instructions for physician: Locate the patient's tumor size on the Size axis. Draw a line straight upwards to the Points axis to determine how many points towards sarcoma-specific death the patient receives for tumor size. Repeat this process for the other axes, each time drawing straight upward to the Points axis. Sum the points achieved for each predictor, and locate this sum on the Total Points axis. Draw a line straight down to either the Low Grade or High Grade axis to find the patient's probability of dying from sarcoma within 12 years assuming he or she does not die of another cause first. Instructions to patient: "If we had 100 patients exactly like you, we would expect between (predicted percentage from nomogram - 8 percent) and (predicted percentage + 8 percentage) to die of sarcoma within 12 years if they did not die of another cause first. Death from sarcoma after 12 years is still possible."