Table 1.

Average age at presentation, duration from onset of symptoms to diagnosis and survival rates by tumour type

Tumour type	Median age at presentation	Median duration of symptoms	Survival rates
Ewing’s sarcoma	15 yrs (range: 1–45 yrs)	26 wks	58% at 5 and 10 yrs
Chondrosarcoma	56 yrs (range: 19–89 yrs)	104 wks	74% at 5 yrs, 64% at 10 yrs
Osteosarcoma	50 yrs (range: 14–70 yrs)	44 wks	68% at 5 and 10 yrs
Metastases	67 yrs (range: 14–83 yrs)	48 wks	N/A