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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Spine J. 2016 Nov 14;17(5):645–655. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2016.11.002

Table 3.

Survival data

Osteosarcoma (n=648)

Median survival (years) Overall survival Disease-specific survival
Overall 1.3 1.7
Age at diagnosis
 ≤30 years 2.5 2.5
 ≥60 years 0.7 0.8
Subtype (minimum 10 cases)
 Osteosarcoma, not otherwise specified 1.1 1.6
 Chondroblastic osteosarcoma 1.7 1.9
 Fibroblastic osteosarcoma 2.7 6.1
 Telangiectatic osteosarcoma 2.8 2.8
 Osteosarcoma in Paget’s disease 0.7 1.2
Decade of diagnosis
 1970s 0.9 1.0
 1980s 0.9 1.2
 1990s 1.3 1.6
 2000s 1.5 2.0
Extent of disease
 Confined 4.3 N/A
 Locally invasive 1.9 2.5
 Metastatic 0.7 0.8
Treatment modality
 Surgery+Radiation therapy 1.7 2.2
 Surgery only 3.6 3.4
 Radiation only 0.7 0.8
 No therapy 0.8 1.0

Percent survival

 At 2 years 27 36
 At 5 years 18 27
 At 10 years 14 22

Ewing sarcoma (n=736)

Median survival (years) Overall survival Disease-specific survival

Overall 3.9 4.3
Decade of diagnosis
 1970s 1.7 1.7
 1980s 2.5 2.7
 1990s 3.6 4.0
 2000s 5.9 6.3
Extent of disease
 Confined N/A N/A
 Locally invasive 8.9 N/A
 Metastatic 1.9 2.0
Treatment modality
 Surgery+Radiation therapy 11.6 16.1
 Surgery only 6.7 N/A
 Radiation only 2.8 3.0
 No therapy 2.0 2.2
Percent survival
 At 2 years 55 57
 At 5 years 44 45
 At 10 years 37 40