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Table 5 Patient characteristics per subgroup

From: Epidemiological evaluation of concordance between initial diagnosis and central pathology review in a comprehensive and prospective series of sarcoma patients in the Rhone-Alpes region

Patient characteristics.

 

requested SO group

Control group

p

   Included patients

188 (100%)

178 (100%)

 

Sex

   

   Males

102 (54.3%)

82 (46.1%)

0.117

   Females

86 (45.7%)

96 (53.9%)

 

Age (years)

   

   Mean

57.9

59.6

 

   Median

62

61

0.359

   Range

[15-86]

[18-92]

 

Types of tumor

   

   Soft tissue

117 (62.2%)

98 (55.1%)

 

   Bone tissue

13 (6.9%)

8 (4.5%)

0.128

   Visceral tissue

58 (30.9%)

72 (40.4%)

 

Localization

   

   Upper limb

15 (8.%)

19 (10.7%)

 

   Lower limb

45 (23.9%)

31 (17.4%)

 

   Abdomen

44 (23.4%)

57 (32%)

 

   Thorax

31 (16.5%)

23 (12.9%)

0.313

   Head and Neck

16 (8.5%)

13 (7.3%)

 

   Pelvis

25 (13.3%)

20 (11.2%)

 

   Retroperitoneum

10 (5.3%)

11 (6.2%)

 

   Axial skeleton

1 (0.5%)

0 (0%)

 

   Multiple localizations

1 (0.5%)

4 (2.2%)

 

Grade

   

   Grade I

47 (25%)

38 (21.3%)

 

   Grade II

36 (19.1%)

41 (23%)

 

   Grade III

50 (26.6%)

47 (26.4%)

0.716

   Non applicable

52 (27.2%)

51 (28.7%)

 

   Unknown

3 (1.6%)

1 (0.6%)

 

Histological subtypes

   

   Liposarcoma

37 (19.7%)

19 (10.7%)

 

   NOS Sarcoma

32 (17.0%)

20 (11.2%)

 

   GIST

23 (12.2%)

42 (23.6%)

 

   Myxofibrosarcoma

9 (4.8%)

3 (1.7%)

 

   Leiomyosarcoma

7 (3.7%)

19 (10.7%)

 

   PNET/Ewing

6 (3.2%)

2 (1.1%)

 

   Rhabdomyosarcoma

6 (3.2%)

2 (1.1%)

< 0.001.

   Chondrosarcoma

6 (3.2%)

3 (1.7%)

 

   Dermatofibrosarcoma

4 (2.1%)

16 (9.0%)

 

   protuberans

   

   Uterine Leiomyosarcoma

5 (2.7%)

7 (3.9%)

 

   Osteosarcoma

5 (2.7%)

6 (3.4%)

 

   Kaposi Sarcoma

5 (2.7%)

13 (7.3%)

 

   Synovialosarcoma

5 (2.7%)

2 (1.1%)

 

   Angiosarcoma

3 (1.6%)

7 (3.9%)

 

   Unclassified malignant tumor

7 (3.7%)

7 (3.9%)

 

   Other

28 (14.9%)

10 (5.6%)