Table 2 Patient treatment characteristics and outcomes stratified by race
From: Race is an independent predictor of survival in patients with soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities
Variable | Overall | White | Black | Asian | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tumor Size | p < 0.001 | ||||
< 5 cm | 3710 (28.2) | 3261 (29.2) | 319 (22) | 130 (24.2) | |
>/= 5 cm | 9438 (71.8) | 7901 (70.8) | 1130 (78) | 407 (75.8) | |
Tumor Grade | p = 0.02 | ||||
Well Differentiated | 2803 (21.3) | 2342 (21) | 342 (23.6) | 119 (22.2) | |
Moderately Differentiated | 2138 (16.3) | 1818 (16.3) | 226 (15.6) | 94 (17.5) | |
Poorly Differentiated | 4811 (36.6) | 4076 (36.5) | 555 (38.3) | 180 (33.5) | |
Undifferentiated | 3396 (25.8) | 2926 (26.2) | 326 (22.5) | 144 (26.8) | |
Chemo Usage | 2568 (20) | 2300 (20.8) | 301 (21.3) | 115 (21.9) | p = 0.70 |
RT Usage | 7199 (55.3) | 6127 (55.43) | 771 (53.6) | 301 (56.7) | p = 0.33 |
Margin Status | p = 0.51 | ||||
Pos | 2288 (18.7) | 1949 (18.6) | 237 (18.2) | 102 (20.5) | |
Neg | 9965 (81.3) | 8502 (81.4) | 1068 (81.8) | 395 (79.5) | |
Surgical Procedure | p < 0.001 | ||||
Amputation | 759 (5.8) | 631 (5.7) | 104 (7.2) | 24 (4.5) | |
Radical Resection | 7116 (54.1) | 6114 (54.5) | 727 (50.9) | 265 (49.4) | |
Local/ Partial Resection | 4378 (33.3) | 3706 (33.2) | 464 (32) | 208 (38.7) | |
None | 895 (6.8) | 711 (6.4) | 144 (9.9) | 40 (7.5) | |
Amputation (subanalysis) | 759 (5.8) | 631 (5.7) | 104 (7.2) | 24 (4.5) | p = 0.027 |
30 Day Mortality | 50 (0.41) | 46 (0.44) | 3 (0.23) | 1 (0.2) | p = 0.15 |