TABLE II.
Clinical and Pathological Characteristics and Outcome of 47 Patients With Facial RMS
| Age at diagnosis, years | No. Pts. | % | % Event-free at 8 years |
P-value | % Alive at 8 years |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 0.077 | 21 | 0.0029 |
| 1–9 | 35 | 74 | 67 | 73 | ||
| 10–20 | 6 | 13 | 67 | 63 | ||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 32 | 68 | 50 | 0.096 | 53 | 0.065 |
| Female | 15 | 32 | 80 | 87 | ||
| Node status | ||||||
| N0 | 33 | 70 | 72 | 0.07 | 75 | 0.06 |
| N1 | 14 | 30 | 39 | 45 | ||
| Histology | ||||||
| Embryonal | 22 | 49 | 72 | 0.28 | 83 | 0.03 |
| Alveolar | 23 | 51 | 53 | 51 | ||
| Surg-path Group | ||||||
| I | 11 | 24 | 73 | 0.85 | 81 | 0.73 |
| II | 17 | 37 | 58 | 63 | ||
| III | 18 | 39 | 60 | 62 | ||
| 1° Site group | ||||||
| Buccal/cheek | 21 | 50 | 60 | 0.98 | 73 | 0.26 |
| Nasal/labial/chin | 21 | 50 | 55 | 55 |
No. Pts., number of patients; Surg-path, Surgico-pathologic; 1°, primary tumor.