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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: Efficacy of combination-chemotherapy with pirarubicin, ifosfamide, and etoposide for soft tissue sarcoma: a single-institution retrospective analysis

Patient’s characteristics

Patients treated with

THP + IFO + VP-16 (N = 25)

Age (mean, standard deviation)

48, 15

Sex

 Male / Female

17 / 8

Histology

 Synovial sarcoma

7

 Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma

6

 Myxofibrosarcoma

3

 Epithelioid sarcoma

2

 Myxoid liposarcoma

2

 Alveolar soft part sarcoma

2

 Others

3

Original localization

 Upper extremity

3

 Lower extremity

12

 Trunk

10

Performance status

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

13 / 6 / 6 / 0 / 0

Reason for chemotherapy

 Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

7

 Unresectable or metastatic tumors

18

  1. Others = leiomyosarcoma, intimal sarcoma, and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor