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. 2023 Oct 17;12(5):634–643. doi: 10.1089/jayao.2022.0143

Table 2.

Factors Associated with Treatments Given (Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, or Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy) in Patients with Localized Synovial Sarcoma, 2000–2018. Associations Reported as Odds Ratios with Respective 95% Confidence Intervals

Characteristics
Chemotherapy
Radiotherapy
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy
AYA
Adults
AYA
Adults
AYA
Adults
Total OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Age
 15–18 Reference   Reference   Reference  
 19–21 0.68 (0.26–1.74)   0.93 (0.37–2.34)   0.85 (0.33–2.17)  
 22–30 0.72 (0.34–1.51)   1.17 (0.56–2.44)   0.94 (0.44–2.00)  
 31–39 0.67 (0.32–1.38)   0.92 (0.45–1.88)   0.77 (0.36–1.63)  
 40–65   Reference   Reference   Reference
 >65   0.11 (0.030.43)   0.79 (0.34–1.85)   0.07 (0.010.55)
Sex
 Female Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Male 0.71 (0.42–1.21) 0.64 (0.34–1.18) 0.9 (0.54–1.51) 1.01 (0.57–1.77) 0.79 (0.46–1.35) 0.67 (0.34–1.31)
Health insurance
 Private Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Public/uninsured 1.24 (0.64–2.43) 0.44 (0.200.95) 1.05 (0.54–2.06) 0.43 (0.220.86) 1.08 (0.55–2.11) 0.32 (0.130.79)
 Unknown 0.81 (0.19–3.39) 0.73 (0.14–3.88) 0.42 (0.11–1.62) 0.36 (0.09–1.44) 0.58 (0.14–2.50) 0.18 (0.02–1.71)
Race/ethnicity
 NH White Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Black 2.21 (0.69–7.10) 1.64 (0.41–6.62) 0.5 (0.16–1.55) 1.97 (0.56–6.98) 1.26 (0.37–4.32) 2.36 (0.51–10.81)
 Hispanic 1.36 (0.70–2.64) 1.73 (0.83–3.61) 1.21 (0.63–2.32) 1.52 (0.76–3.05) 1.52 (0.78–2.97) 2.04 (0.91–4.57)
 Asian/PI 1.11 (0.44–2.75) 1.01 (0.37–2.77) 0.95 (0.38–2.34) 1.81 (0.67–4.93) 0.65 (0.24–1.76) 1.74 (0.59–5.14)
Neighborhood socioeconomic status
 Low Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Medium 0.61 (0.31–1.18) 1.55 (0.68–3.56) 1.83 (0.96–3.49) 1.21 (0.56–2.64) 1.2 (0.62–2.33) 2.18 (0.88–5.40)
 High 0.83 (0.39–1.77) 3.20 (1.407.31) 1.71 (0.79–3.68) 1.36 (0.65–2.87) 1.31 (0.60–2.89) 3.03 (1.247.41)
Tumor size
 0–5 cm Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 5.1–10 cm 4.83 (2.668.79) 2.52 (1.225.22) 2.08 (1.143.80) 1.4 (0.71–2.77) 5.11 (2.769.45) 3.06 (1.396.72)
 >10 cm 6.95 (2.6418.25) 5.21 (2.2811.92) 1.13 (0.47–2.72) 1.5 (0.69–3.28) 2.29 (0.94–5.55) 5.98 (2.4514.56)
 Unknown 1.54 (0.66–3.61) 1.16 (0.33–4.04) 0.47 (0.21–1.08) 0.22 (0.070.67) 1.72 (0.67–4.43) 0.54 (0.10–2.96)
Primary site
 Extremity Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Body wall 0.37 (0.170.82) 1.06 (0.47–2.39) 0.48 (0.240.99) 0.58 (0.27–1.25) 0.26 (0.110.62) 0.7 (0.28–1.73)
 Head/neck 0.99 (0.35–2.79) 0.32 (0.06–1.71) 4.85 (1.2518.80) 3.63 (0.90–14.58) 1.66 (0.56–4.89) 0.62 (0.11–3.53)
 Visceral 1.76 (0.33–9.35) 0.48 (0.13–1.71) 0.08 (0.010.69) 0.08 (0.020.31) 0.17 (0.02–1.52) 0.12 (0.020.74)
Comorbidities
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 0.84 (0.27–2.56) 1.46 (0.66–3.21) 5.89 (1.1829.32) 1.08 (0.51–2.27) 1.17 (0.40–3.44) 2.32 (0.98–5.51)
 Unknown 0.4 (0.220.72) 0.75 (0.34–1.63) 0.85 (0.49–1.48) 0.86 (0.42–1.75) 0.53 (0.290.99) 0.87 (0.36–2.10)
Distance to SCC
 0–10 miles Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 11–20 miles 0.8 (0.39–1.62) 1.2 (0.55–2.59) 1.43 (0.70–2.89) 0.8 (0.39–1.62) 1.12 (0.55–2.27) 1.13 (0.47–2.71)
 21–30 miles 0.94 (0.37–2.43) 0.96 (0.33–2.83) 0.72 (0.27–1.90) 1.88 (0.63–5.57) 0.9 (0.32–2.51) 1.46 (0.45–4.73)
 31–40 miles 0.84 (0.20–3.57) 1.03 (0.22–4.84) 2.74 (0.64–11.76) 7.87 (0.79–78.81) 0.84 (0.24–2.99) 2.3 (0.44–11.93)
 >40 miles 0.87 (0.41–1.86) 0.8 (0.32–1.97) 0.58 (0.28–1.16) 1.13 (0.49–2.60) 0.59 (0.27–1.28) 1.32 (0.51–3.45)
Initial cancer care at an SCC
 None Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 All 2.26 (1.164.41) 0.97 (0.38–2.48) 0.88 (0.47–1.66) 0.78 (0.34–1.80) 1.31 (0.64–2.68) 1.29 (0.46–3.65)
 Some 2.74 (1.485.07) 3.57 (1.836.98) 1.99 (1.073.70) 1.48 (0.78–2.81) 3.38 (1.776.46) 3.09 (1.486.41)

Bold values are statistically significant.

AYA, adolescents and young adults; CI, confidence interval; NH, non-Hispanic; OR, odds ratio; PI, Pacific Islander; SCC, Specialized Cancer Center.