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Table 1 Gender distribution of sarcoma patients according to age and topographic, genomic and histologic groups. FRANCIM network data 2010–2013 (19 registries)

From: Incidence and time trends of sarcoma (2000–2013): results from the French network of cancer registries (FRANCIM)

 

Male

Female

Overall

Sex ratio

M/F

n

%

n

%

n

%

Age group (in years)

 0–14

81

4.1

81

4.1

162

4.1

1.0

 15–24

99

5.0

79

4.0

178

4.5

1.3

 25–39

197

10.0

160

8.1

357

9.1

1.2

 40–64

671

34.1

738

37.4

1409

35.7

0.9

 65–74

376

19.1

379

19.2

755

19.2

1.0

 75 and more

546

27.7

535

27.1

1081

27.4

1.0

Sarcoma topographic groups

 Soft tissue

972

49.3

812

41.2

1784

45.3

1.2

 Bone

310

15.7

259

13.1

569

14.4

1.2

 Skin

262

13.3

167

8.5

429

10.9

1.6

 Viscera

       

  Gastro-intestinal organs

291

14.8

287

14.6

578

14.7

1.0

  Female genital organs

282

14.3

282

7.2

  Others visceral organs

102

5.2

129

6.5

231

5.9

0.8

 Other anatomic sites

33

1.7

36

1.8

69

1.8

0.9

Sarcoma genomic groups

 Complex genomic alterations

723

36.6

847

43.0

1570

39.8

0.9

MDM2 amplification

135

6.9

81

4.1

216

5.5

1.7

 Mutations

274

13.9

276

14.0

550

14.0

1.0

 Recurrent translocations

340

17.3

438

22.2

778

19.7

0.8

 Undefined/Miscellaneous alterations

498

25.3

330

16.7

828

21.0

1.5

Sarcoma histologic groups

 Unclassified sarcomaa

327

16.6

308

15.6

635

16.1

1.1

 Leiomyosarcoma

205

10.4

346

17.5

551

14.0

0.6

 GIST

246

12.5

250

12.7

496

12.6

1.0

 Liposarcoma

228

11.6

130

6.6

358

9.1

1.8

Dedifferentiated liposarcoma

125

6.3

69

3.5

194

4.9

1.8

Round cell \ Myxoid liposarcoma

42

2.1

29

1.5

71

1.8

1.4

Pleomorphic liposarcoma

18

0.9

7

0.4

25

0.6

2.6

Liposarcoma NOS

43

2.2

25

1.3

68

1.7

1.7

 Chondrosarcoma

123

6.2

118

6.0

241

6.1

1.0

 Dermatofibrosarcoma

101

5.1

124

6.3

225

5.7

0.8

 Kaposi sarcoma

156

7.9

25

1.3

181

4.6

6.2

 Angiosarcoma

54

2.7

115

5.8

169

4.3

0.5

 Osteosarcoma

84

4.3

71

3.6

155

3.9

1.2

 Ewing sarcoma

72

3.7

65

3.3

137

3.5

1.1

 Myxofibrosarcoma

75

3.8

49

2.5

124

3.1

1.5

 Rhabdomyosarcoma

66

3.4

51

2.6

117

3.0

1.3

Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma

27

1.4

16

0.8

43

1.1

1.7

Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma

10

0.5

12

0.6

22

0.6

0.8

Pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma

14

0.7

7

0.4

21

0.5

2.0

Spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma

7

0.4

7

0.4

14

0.4

1.0

Rhabdomyosarcoma NOS

8

0.4

9

0.5

17

0.4

0.9

 Nerve Sheath Tumors

38

1.9

44

2.2

82

2.1

0.9

 Endometrial stromal sarcoma

81

4.1

81

2.1

 Synovial sarcoma

37

1.9

40

2.0

77

2.0

0.9

Spindle cell synovial sarcoma

19

1.0

20

1.0

39

1.0

1.0

Biphasic synovial sarcoma

3

0.1

7

0.3

10

0.2

0.4

Synovial sarcoma NOS

15

0.8

13

0.7

28

0.7

1.2

 Chordoma

40

2.0

27

1.4

67

1.7

1.5

 Solitary fibrous tumor, malignant

33

1.7

33

1.7

66

1.7

1.0

 Fibrosarcoma

15

0.8

16

0.8

31

0.8

0.9

 Malignant myoepithelioma

12

0.6

11

0.6

23

0.6

1.1

 Epithelioid haemangioendothelioma

9

0.5

11

0.6

20

0.5

0.8

 Other (with fewer than 20 cases)

49

2.5

57

2.9

106

2.7

0.7

Overall

1970

100.0

1972

100.0

3942

100.0

1.0

  1. aUnclassified sarcomas include: Sarcoma NOS (ICDO-88003), undifferentiated spindle cell sarcoma (ICDO-88013), undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (ICDO-88023), undifferentiated round cell sarcoma (ICDO-88033), epithelioid sarcoma (ICDO-88043), undifferentiated sarcoma NOS (ICDO-88053)