Fig. 1.

a Local recurrence-free survival rates for the 33 patients with M0 tumors were 82 and 62 % at 2 and 5 years, respectively. b Distant metastases-free survival rates at 2 and 5 years were 56 and 35 %, respectively. c Overall survival rates for the 44 patients overall were 70 and 45 % at 2 and 5 years, respectively. d Overall survival rates for the 33 patients with M0 tumors were 81 and 57 % at 2 and 5 years, respectively, and those for the 11 patients with M1 tumors were 33 and 0 %, respectively (p < 0.001). e Overall survival rates for the 26 patients with classic-type epithelioid sarcoma were 81 and 53 % at 2 and 5 years, respectively, and those for the 18 patients with proximal-type epithelioid sarcoma were 53 and 33 %, respectively (p = 0.124)