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Table 1 Clinicopathologic and treatment characteristics (N = 2827)

From: Development of nomograms for prognostication of patients with primary soft tissue sarcomas of the trunk and extremity: report from the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumor Registry in Japan

Characteristic

Number of patients (%)

Age, years

mean [SD]

60.2 [17.3]

< 30

177 (6.3)

30–49

572 (20.2)

50–69

1094 (38.7)

70-

984 (34.8)

Sex

Male

1573 (55.6)

Female

1254 (44.4)

Site

Upper extremity

482 (17.0)

Lower extremity

1871 (66.2)

Trunk

474 (16.8)

Depth

Superficial

782 (27.7)

Deep

2045 (72.3)

Histological diagnosis

MLS

349 (12.3)

LMS

280 (9.9)

DDLS

209 (7.4)

MFS

130 (4.6)

MPNST

347 (12.3)

SySa

170 (6.0)

UPS

779 (27.6)

Angiosarcoma

21 (0.7)

PLS

78 (2.8)

Others

464 (16.4)

Histological grade

Low

546 (19.3)

High

2281 (80.7)

Size, cm

mean [SD]

8.7 [5.7]

5 cm<

749 (31.8)

5 cm≤,< 10 cm

990 (42.1)

10 cm≤

614 (26.1)

Nodal metastasis

Negative

2782 (98.4)

Positive

45 (1.6)

Surgical margin

Negative

2674 (94.6)

Positive

153 (5.4)

Chemotherapy

Neoadjuvant

226 (8.0)

Adjuvant

603 (21.3)

Not done

1998 (70.7)

Radiotherapy

Neoadjuvant

64 (2.3)

Adjuvant

552 (19.5)

Not done

2210 (78.2)

NA

1 (0)

  1. CI confidence interval, MLS myxoid liposarcoma, LMS leiomyosarcoma, DDLS dedifferentiated liposarcoma, MPNST malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, MFS myxofibrosarcoma, SySa synovial sarcoma, UPS undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, PLS pleomorphic liposarcoma, NA not available