TABLE 2.
Incidence rates of the ten most common soft tissue sarcoma subtypes in Iran (2014–2017).
Subtype | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||||
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CIR | ASR | CIR | ASR | CIR | ASR | CIR | ASR | |
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma | 0.080 | 0.087 | 0.116 | 0.125 | 0.102 | 0.104 | 0.106 | 0.103 |
Myxoid liposarcoma | 0.055 | 0.054 | 0.067 | 0.063 | 0.061 | 0.052 | 0.071 | 0.066 |
Synovial sarcoma, NOS | 0.047 | 0.043 | 0.066 | 0.060 | 0.076 | 0.072 | 0.077 | 0.071 |
Dermatofibrosarcoma, NOS | 0.025 | 0.022 | 0.138 | 0.113 | 0.179 | 0.160 | 0.181 | 0.163 |
Desmoplastic small round cell tumor | 0.096 | 0.096 | 0.079 | 0.085 | 0.087 | 0.090 | 0.094 | 0.092 |
Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma | 0.060 | 0.068 | 0.069 | 0.071 | 0.115 | 0.110 | 0.091 | 0.094 |
Leiomyosarcoma | 0.039 | 0.040 | 0.054 | 0.058 | 0.074 | 0.072 | 0.105 | 0.103 |
Liposarcoma | 0.029 | 0.029 | 0.038 | 0.039 | 0.048 | 0.046 | 0.060 | 0.058 |
Sarcoma, NOS | 0.287 | 0.299 | 0.275 | 0.284 | 0.146 | 0.145 | 0.283 | 0.290 |
Other specified sarcomas | 0.224 | 0.233 | 0.134 | 0.133 | 0.206 | 0.210 | 0.186 | 0.174 |
Note: Total: 3136 out of 4968 cases (63%).
Abbreviations: ASR, standardized incidence rate; CIR, crude incidence rate.