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CORRECTION article

Front. Oncol., 06 November 2025

Sec. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention

Volume 15 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2025.1730234

Correction: An analysis of the distribution of bone and soft tissue sarcoma diagnoses and their disparities in Southwest Germany: a multicenter approach

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  1. An analysis of the distribution of bone and soft tissue sarcoma diagnoses and their disparities in Southwest Germany: a multicenter approach

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Branko Calukovic,,Branko Calukovic1,2,3Katrin Benzler,,Katrin Benzler1,2,3Mary E. Carter,,Mary E. Carter1,2,3Adrien Daigeler,Adrien Daigeler2,4Johannes T. Thiel,Johannes T. Thiel2,4Jens JakobJens Jakob5Bernd KasperBernd Kasper5Gerlinde Egerer,Gerlinde Egerer6,7Leonidas Apostolidis,Leonidas Apostolidis6,8David Braig,David Braig9,10Simone Hettmer,Simone Hettmer9,11Claudia Blattmann,,Claudia Blattmann12,13,14Markus Knott,Markus Knott14,15Lars Zender,,Lars Zender1,2,3Christoph K. W. Deinzer,,*Christoph K. W. Deinzer1,2,3*
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine VIII - Medical Oncology and Pneumology, Medical University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
  • 2Center for Soft Tissue Sarcomas, GIST and Bone Tumors (ZWS) of the University Hospital Tübingen and the Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) Tübingen-Stuttgart, Tübingen, Germany
  • 3DFG Cluster of Excellence 2180 ‘Image-Guided and Functional Instructed Tumor Therapy’ (iFIT), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
  • 4Department of Hand, Plastic, Reconstructive and Burn Surgery, BG-Unfallklinik Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
  • 5Sarcoma Unit, Mannheim University Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
  • 6Sarcoma Center Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
  • 7Department of Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
  • 8Department of Medical Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
  • 9Sarcoma Center of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Freiburg (CCCF), Freiburg, Germany
  • 10Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
  • 11Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
  • 12Sarcoma Center Stuttgart Cancer Center (SCC), Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
  • 13Department of Paediatric Hematology and Oncology, Olgahospital, Stuttgart Cancer Center (SCC), Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
  • 14Stuttgart Cancer Center - Tumorzentrum Eva Mayr-Stihl, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
  • 15Department of Hematology and Oncology, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

A Correction on
An analysis of the distribution of bone and soft tissue sarcoma diagnoses and their disparities in Southwest Germany: a multicenter approach

By Calukovic B, Benzler K, Carter ME, Daigeler A, Thiel JT, Jakob J, Kasper B, Egerer G, Apostolidis L, Braig D, Hettmer S, Blattmann C, Knott M, Zender L and Deinzer CKW (2025) Front. Oncol. 15:1592004. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1592004

There was a mistake in Figure 3 as published. By mistake, all five maps in Figure 3 showed only the sarcoma primary cases of the Sarcoma Center Stuttgart. The corrected Figure 3 appears below.

Figure 3
Maps display the distribution of sarcoma cases from 2019 to 2022 for four centers in Germany: Mannheim, Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Freiburg, and Tübingen. Color gradients from yellow to red indicate increasing numbers of cases, with each center featuring a legend denoting case numbers from one to twelve or thirteen.

Figure 3. Distribution of patients with sarcoma first diagnoses treated in the sarcoma centers Mannheim, Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Freiburg and Tübingen with absolute patient numbers across the postal code areas. Each center is displayed individually to visualize its specific catchment area.

The original version of this article has been updated.

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Keywords: soft tissue sarcoma, bone sarcoma, white-spot analysis, cancer registry, geographic disparities, specialized sarcoma center, real world data

Citation: Calukovic B, Benzler K, Carter ME, Daigeler A, Thiel JT, Jakob J, Kasper B, Egerer G, Apostolidis L, Braig D, Hettmer S, Blattmann C, Knott M, Zender L and Deinzer CKW (2025) Correction: An analysis of the distribution of bone and soft tissue sarcoma diagnoses and their disparities in Southwest Germany: a multicenter approach. Front. Oncol. 15:1730234. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1730234

Received: 22 October 2025; Accepted: 03 November 2025;
Published: 06 November 2025.

Edited and reviewed by:

Sharon R Pine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, United States

Copyright © 2025 Calukovic, Benzler, Carter, Daigeler, Thiel, Jakob, Kasper, Egerer, Apostolidis, Braig, Hettmer, Blattmann, Knott, Zender and Deinzer. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

*Correspondence: Christoph K. W. Deinzer, Y2hyaXN0b3BoLmRlaW56ZXJAbWVkLnVuaS10dWViaW5nZW4uZGU=

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