Table 1.
The demographic data obtained from the MSTS member respondents.
Specialty (%) | Orthopaedic surgery | General surgery | Medical oncology | Radiation oncology | |
38 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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Country of practice (%) | USA | Canada | Other | ||
34 (89) | 3 (8) | 1 (3) | |||
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Age (%) | <30 | 30–40 | 41–50 | 51–60 | >60 |
0 | 22 (58) | 7 (18) | 7 (18) | 2 (5) | |
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Gender (%) | Male | Female | |||
79 | 21 | ||||
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Length of career (%) | 0–5 | 6–10 | 11–15 | 16–20 | >20 |
16 (42) | 9 (24) | 4 (11) | 1 (3) | 8 (21) | |
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# ST sarcomas/yr (%) | <10 | 10–30 | >30 | ||
1 (3) | 22 (58) | 15 (39) | |||
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# bone sarcomas/yr (%) | 0–5 | 5–10 | 10–20 | >20 | |
3 (8) | 18 (47) | 12 (32) | 5 (13) | ||
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Multidisciplinary sarcoma team (%) | Yes | No | |||
95 | 5 |