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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 30.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015 May 2;93(1):158–165. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.04.047

Table 1.

Patient and Tumor Characteristics

Variable All Patients (n=121)
Value or
No. (%)
Follow-up time, months
  Median 100
  Range 20–462
Age, years
  Median 57
  Range 20–77
Sex
  Male 63 (52)
  Female 58 (48)
Maximum Tumor Dimension, cm
  Median 10.3
  Range 1.7–36
Tumor size
  ≤ 5 cm 13 (11)
  > 5 cm 107 (88)
  Unknown 1 (1)
Grade
  Low 17 (14)
  Intermediate 22 (18)
  High 82 (68)
Histopathology
  Liposarcoma 42 (34)
  MFH/UPS 34 (28)
  Leiomyosarcoma 28 (23)
  Unclassified 8 (6)
  Other 11 (9)
De novo at presentation
  Yes 86 (71)
  No 35 (29)
Treatment Approach
  Preop RT 88 (73)
  Postop RT 33 (27)
Final Surgical Resection Margin
  Positive/Uncertain 63 (52)
  Negative 58 (48)
Radiation
  EBRT only 100 (82)
  EBRT + IORT 19 (16)
  EBRT + Brachy 1 (1)
  Brachy only 1 (1)
Radiation Dose, Gy
  Median 50.4
  Range 45–56
Chemotherapy
  Neo/Adj 61 (50)
  CCRT 17 (14)

Abbreviations: MFH/UPS, malignant fibrous histiocytoma/unclassified pleomorphic sarcoma; RT, radiation therapy; EBRT, external beam radiation therapy; IORT, intraoperative radiation therapy; Neo/Adj, neoadjuvant/adjuvant; CCRT, concurrent chemoradiation.