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. 2003 Aug 12;89(4):720–726. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601069

Table 1. Summary of clinical data of the 39 cases of MFH in the study.

    Recurrent disease
End of follow-up
5-year survival
  Informative Rec/Met DF DOD NED DFS mean DFS OAS
Variable (n=) (n=) (n=) (n=) (n=) (months) (%) (%)
Sex                
 Female 20 13 7 11 9 36 37 55
 Male 19 10 9 8 11 45 45 55
Malignancy grade                
 Grade III 14 10 4 6 8 35 34 59
 Grade IV 25 13 12 13 12 40 44 50
Depth                
 Intramuscular 15 10 5 9 6 32 32 43
 Subcutaneous 9 2 7 0 9 66 70
 Extracompartmental 12 8 4 7 5 33 23 43
Size (cm)                
 >8 19 15 4 13 6 24 18 36
 ⩽8 19 7 12 5 14 66 72
Surgical margin                
 Wide 18 10 8 7 11 46 43 58
 Marginal 10 4 6 3 7 57 65
 Intralesional 7 5 2 5 2 26 14 29
Site                
 Upper extremity 3 2 1 1 2 17 19
 Lower extremity 24 14 10 12 12 36 38 58
 Trunk 7 4 3 4 3 16 23 32
 Pelvis 5 3 2 2 3 19 24
Age at diagnosis (years)                
 >60 26 13 13 11 15 69 52 60
 ⩽60 13 10 3 8 5 16 23 43
                 
Total 39 23 16 19 20 40 43 56

DF=disease free; DOD=dead of disease; NED=no evidence of disease; DFS=disease-free survival; OAS=overall survival.