Table I.
Demographic and clinicopathological characteristics of 35 GCTB denosumab-treated patients included in the present study.
Parameter | Value |
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Gender, n (%) | |
Female | 21 (60) |
Male | 14 (40) |
Median age, years (range) | 32 (19–74) |
GCTB disease type, n (%) | |
Unresectable primary tumor | 9 (26) |
Resectable high-risk primary tumor | 26 (74) |
Prior GCTB therapies, n (%) | |
Biopsy only | 24 (68) |
RT | 4 (11) |
Subtotal resection | 3 (9) |
Radical resection | 3 (9) |
Surgery + adjuvant RT | 1 (3) |
Tumor localization, n (%) | |
Lower limb | 17 (49) |
Tibia | 10 (29) |
Femur | 6 (17) |
Fibula | 1 (3) |
Upper limb | 11 (31) |
Humerus | 4 (11) |
Radius | 5 (14) |
Ulna | 1 (3) |
Metacarpal bone | 1 (3) |
Axial | 7 (20) |
Sacrum | 5 (14) |
Ilium | 1 (3) |
Ischium | 1 (3) |
GCTB, giant cell tumor of bone; RT, radiotherapy.