Prognostic factors of metastatic myxoid liposarcoma

BMC Cancer

Table 2 Treatment characteristics and outcomes (N = 48)

Variable		n		%
No evidence of disease (NED^a) following local treatment.
yes		26		54.2
	radical treatment		24	50.0
	resection only		12	25.0
	resection with adjuvant radiation therapy		7	14.6
	conventional radiation therapy with ≥60 Gy		2	4.2
	carbon ion therapy		2	4.2
	photon beam therapy		1	2.1
	semi-radical treatment		2	4.2
	conventional radiation therapy with ≥40 Gy		2	4.2
no		22		45.8
	palliative treatment		20	41.7
	no treatment		2	4.2
Adjuvant chemotherapy for NED^a patients (n = 26)
yes		9		34.6
no		17		65.4
Disease status at the final follow up
DOD (Dead of disease)		24		50.0
AWD (Alive with disease)		14		29.2
NED^b (No evidence of disease)		10		20.8

^aNED: Status after completion of radical or semi-radical treatment for all of the remaining tumor
^bNED: Status with no active disease detectable by imaging inspection

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