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Table 1 The clinical, pathologic, treatment characteristics in patients with stage III STS and their correlations with radiographic response

From: Radiographic response to neoadjuvant therapy and its impact on scope of surgery and prognosis in stage IIB/III soft tissue sarcomas

Issues

Catogaries

N

Radiographic response

χ

P

PR

SD

PD

Age

Median

42 years

  

Gender

Male

67

15

39

13

−0.02

0.831

 

Female

53

10

36

7

  

Size(CM)

Mean

10 cm

  
 

≥10

 

5

39

19

0.453

<0.001

 

<10

 

20

36

1

  

FNCLCC grade

2

45

10

31

4

3.150

0.207

 

3

75

15

44

16

  

Subtype

MFH

33

6

17

10

11.270

0.187

 

SS

28

5

20

3

  
 

LS

28

8

16

4

  
 

LMS

16

1

13

2

  
 

Others

15

5

9

1

  

Neo-AC cycles

1

18

7

10

3

0.832

0.374

 

2

102

18

65

17

  

Chemotherapy regimen

MAID

80

18

50

12

0.720

0.698

 

AIM

40

7

25

8

  

UICC margin

R0 + R1

92

24

57

11

10.491

0.005

 

R2

28

1

18

9

  

Follow-up(M)

Median

46.0 (13–158)

  
  1. PR: Partial response; SD: Stable Disease; PD: Progressive Disease; FNCLCC: French Federation of Cancer Centres; Neo-AC: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; UICC: Union Internationale Contre Cancer; MFH: malignant fibrous histiocytoma; SS: synovial sarcoma; LS: liposarcoma; LMS: leiomyosarcoma.