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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Oncol. 2018 Jan 22;117(5):886–891. doi: 10.1002/jso.24979

Table 1.

Clinicopathologic Characteristics of 237 patients who underwent liver resection for a primary liver sarcoma.

Variable n(%)
Age, median, (range), y 52(18-84)

Female gender 144(60.8)

Race
 White 192(81)
 African American 29(12.2)
 Other 16(6.8)

Insurance
 Private 132(55.7)
 Medicaid 19(8)
 Medicare 65(27.4)
 Other 21(8.9)

Median Income (N=231)
 <38,000 40(16.9)
 38,000-47,999 55(23.2)
 48,000-62,999 59(24.9)
 >63,000 80(33.8)

Charlson-Deyo Comorbidity Score
 0 182(76.8)
 1 38(16)
 2 17(7.2)

Histology
 Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma 67(28.3)
 Angiosarcoma 64(27)
 Leiomyosarcoma 33(13.9)
 Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma 31(13.1)
 Carcinosarcoma 16(6.8)
 Giant Cell Sarcoma 14(5.9)
 Spindle Cell Sarcoma 12(5.1)

Tumor size, median (range), cm 10.7(0.4-99)

Grade N=124
 Well 14(11.3)
 Moderate 13(10.5)
 Poor/undifferentiated 97(78.2)

Examined Lymph nodes N=62
 Negative lymph nodes 43(69.4)

Surgical Margins N=211
 R0 175(82.9)
 R1/R2 36(17.1)

Hospital Type N=179
 Academic/Research NCI designated 132(55.7)
 Integrated Network Cancer 11(4.6)
 Comprehensive Community Cancer 32(13.5)
 Community Cancer 4(1.7)

In-hospital stay, median (range), d 4(1-109)

Readmission within 30d N=231
16(6.8)

30d Mortality N=216
8(3.4)

90d Mortality N=216
17(7.2)

y=years, cm=centimeters, d= days