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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 May 1;42(9):644–652. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001870

TABLE 1.

Demographics and Clinicopathologic Features (n = 973)

Age Years
 Mean 51.6 ± 18.8
 Median 51
 Minimum 8
 Maximum 93
Characteristic Percentage (n)
Sex
 Female 37.3 (363)
 Male 62.7% (610)
Race/Ethnicity
 White 86.6 (843)
 Black 7.4 (72)
 Other 4.9 (49)
 Unknown 1.0 (10)
Decade
 1970s 8.2 (80)
 1980s 11.2 (109)
 1990s 19.4 (189)
 2000s 61.2 (595)
Tumor grade
 Low grade 63.4 (617)
 High grade 16.9 (164)
 Unknown 19.7 (192)
Histologic subtype
 Chondrosarcoma, not otherwise specified 87.5 (851)
 Juxtacortical chondrosarcoma 0.7 (7)
 Myxoid chondrosarcoma 5.8 (56)
 Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma 2.1 (20)
 Clear cell chondrosarcoma 0.5 (5)
 Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma 3.5 (34)
Extent of disease
 Confined 13.6 (132)
 Locally invasive 58.6 (570)
 Metastasis 9.7 (94)
 Unknown 18.2 (177)
Surgical resection
 Yes 75.2 (732)
 No 22.1 (215)
 Unknown 2.7 (26)
Radiation therapy performed
 Yes 21.3 (207)
 No 76.4 (743)
 Unknown 2.4 (23)
Treatment modality
 Surgery + radiation 12.3 (120)
 Surgery only 57.9 (563)
 Radiation only 9.0 (88)
 No therapy 16.2 (158)
 Unknown 4.5 (44)
Size (cm)
 Mean 8.7 ± 6.2
 Median 7.5