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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2011 Oct 21;118(12):3135–3144. doi: 10.1002/cncr.26630

Table 1.

Clinical, Pathologic, and Treatment Characteristics (n = 20)

Characteristics n (%)
Age, y
 Median (range) 62 (26–94)
Sex
 Male 9 (45)
 Female 11 (55)
Site
 Extremity 10 (50)
 Chest/trunk 6 (30)
 Retroperitoneal/Abdominal 4 (20)
Presentation status
 Primary 17 (85)
 Recurrent 3 (15)
Tumor size
 <5 cm 2 (10)
 5–10 cm 12 (60)
 >10 cm 6 (30)
Histology
 NOS 5 (25)
 MPNST 3 (15)
 GIST 3 (15)
 Leiomyosarcoma 3 (15)
 Angiosarcoma 2 (10)
 Others 4 (20)
Grade
 High 20 (100)
Neoadjuvant therapy
 Chemoradiation 9 (45)
 Chemotherapy 6 (30)
 Gleevec 3 (15)
 Radiation 2 (10)
Pathologic
 Responder 3 (15)
 Nonresponder 17 (85)

Abbreviations: GIST, gastrointestinal stromal tumor; MPNST, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor; NOS, sarcoma not otherwise specified.