Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of patients selected from the SEER database with high-grade soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities.
| Demographic | Age | Total # |
P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <50 # (%) | 50-70 # (%) | >70 # (%) | |||
| N | 354 (26.1%) | 497 (36.7%) | 503 (37.1%) | 1354 | |
| Histology | <0.0001 | ||||
| Fibrous histiocytoma, malignant | 101 (28.5%) | 222 (44.7%) | 253 (50.3%) | 576 | |
| Leiomyosarcoma | 29 (8.2%) | 50 (10.1%) | 62 (12.3%) | 141 | |
| Pleomorphic liposarcoma | 12 (3.4%) | 34 (6.8%) | 28 (5.6%) | 74 | |
| Sarcoma, not otherwise specified | 17 (4.8%) | 29 (5.8%) | 30 (6.0%) | 76 | |
| Other | 195 (55.1%) | 162 (32.6%) | 130 (25.8%) | 487 | |
| Site | 0.9508 | ||||
| Lower extremity | 261 (73.7%) | 363 (73.0%) | 366 (72.8%) | 990 | |
| Upper extremity | 93 (26.3%) | 134 (27.0%) | 137 (27.2%) | 364 | |
| Size | 0.5222 | ||||
| Small (≤5cm) | 142 (40.1%) | 211 (42.5%) | 196 (39.0%) | 549 | |
| Large (>5cm) | 212 (59.9%) | 286 (57.5%) | 307 (61.0%) | 805 | |
| Surgical Procedure | 0.0287 | ||||
| Local Excision | 104 (29.4%) | 173 (34.8%) | 192 (38.2%) | 469 | |
| Radical Resection | 250 (70.6%) | 324 (65.2%) | 311 (61.8%) | 885 | |
| Sex | 0.0399 | ||||
| Male | 186 (52.5%) | 299 (60.2%) | 269 (53.5%) | 754 | |
| Female | 168 (47.5%) | 198 (39.8%) | 234 (46.5%) | 600 | |
| Race | 0.0324 | ||||
| White | 286 (80.8%) | 426 (85.7%) | 431 (85.7%) | 1143 | |
| Black | 47 (13.3%) | 44 (8.9%) | 36 (7.2%) | 127 | |
| Other | 21 (5.9%) | 27 (5.4%) | 36 (7.2%) | 84 | |
| Marital Status | 0.0009 | ||||
| Currently not married | 139 (39.3%) | 150 (30.2%) | 206 (41.0%) | 495 | |
| Married | 215 (60.7%) | 347 (69.8%) | 297 (59.0%) | 859 | |
| Radiotherapy | 0.0141 | ||||
| No radiotherapy | 77 (21.8%) | 125 (25.2%) | 153 (30.4%) | 355 | |
| Radiotherapy | 277 (78.2%) | 372 (74.8%) | 350 (69.6%) | 999 | |