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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Feb 12;17(6):1515–1529. doi: 10.1245/s10434-010-0935-1

TABLE 4. Univariate analysis of local recurrence.

Factor All patients Patients with primary disease


n Mean LRFS, months P n Mean LRFS, months P
Age 0.984 0.223
 ≤56 years 14 48.7 11 37.2
 >56 years 14 50.5 9 NA
Sex 0.121 0.062
 Female 15 55.4 12 NA
 Male 13 41.2 8 34.2
Presentation 0.025 NA
 Primary disease 20 54.2 NA NA
 Recurrent disease 8 30.6 NA NA
Site 0.036 0.038
 Retroperitoneum 20 53.4 14 NA
 Pelvis 8 21 6 22.1
Tumor size 0.8297 0.967
 <10 cm 14 47.6 10 54.2
 ≥10 cm 14 37.5 10 39.8
Grade 0.422 0.552
 I, low 5 NA 3 NA
 II, intermediate, or III, high 21 35.2 16 39.2
Histology 0.761 0.281
 Liposarcoma 14 49.1 11 NA
 Nonliposarcoma 14 48.6 9 51.3
Number of adjacent organs resected 0.127 0.758
 0–1 15 40.8 9 51.1
 >1 13 40.7 11 40.2
Margin 0.633 0.83
 Microscopically negative 13 49.6 11 54.7
 Microscopically or grossly positive 15 47 9 39.2
Timing of radiation 0.506 0.435
 Preop or preop and postop 22 51.4 15 41
 Only postop 6 42.7 5 49.1
Total dose of radiation 0.563 0.962
 <64 Gy 14 45.7 10 54.2
 ≥64 Gy 14 48.1 10 40.2
Adjuvant chemotherapy 0.287 0.58
 No 23 45.6 16 52.6
 Yes 3 NA 2 NA

LRFS local recurrence-free surviva, preop preoperative, postop postoperative, NA not applicable