Table 3.

5 year relative survival (RS) by anatomic site^* (AS) and age group, SEER 17 1973–2004.

	Age group
	0–24		25–59		60+
Anatomic site	RS	% of AS (n)	RS	% of AS (n)	RS	% of AS (n)
Face or skull	64.9%	3.2% (60)	61.0%	10.0% (97)	32.5%	5.3% (31)
Mandible	64.5%	1.9% (35)	71.7%	7.2% (70)	36.0%	5.8% (34)
Chest region	51.9%	1.8% (33)	45.8%	3.7% (36)	19.7%	4.1% (24)
Vertebral column	58.9%	1.2% (22)	28.8%	3.8% (37)	5.7%	4.9% (29)
Upper long bones	56.6%	11.2% (208)	53.9%	9.8% (95)	7.3%	7.5% (44)
Upper short bones	75.0%	0.3% (5)	100.0%	0.9% (9)	78.0%	0.7% (4)
Pelvic region	25.4%	3.6% (67)	30.8%	10.9% (106)	4.4%	18.8% (111)
Lower long bones	64.1%	74.5% (1381)	67.1%	43.4% (421)	29.8%	26.7% (158)
Lower short bones	86.8%	1.1% (20)	53.4%	1.3% (13)	27.6%†	1.4% (8)

^*only the most common bone sites are included;

^†only the 48mo survival rate was calculated.