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. 2018 May 24;2018:5467057. doi: 10.1155/2018/5467057

Table 5.

Five most commonly prescribed first-line treatment regimens by histologic category.

Histologic category and treatment N (%)
Nonuterine leiomyosarcoma (n=144)
 Doxorubicin 67 (46.5)
 Doxorubicin + ifosfamidea 24 (16.7)
 Docetaxel + gemcitabine 15 (10.4)
 Ifosfamidea 9 (6.3)
 Dacarbazine + doxorubicin + ifosfamidea 5 (3.5)

Uterine leiomyosarcoma (n=85)
 Docetaxel + gemcitabine 33 (38.8)
 Doxorubicin + ifosfamidea 15 (17.6)
 Doxorubicin 14 (16.5)
 Trabectedin 7 (8.2)
 Carboplatin + paclitaxel 2 (2.4)

Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic sarcoma (n=78)
 Doxorubicin 32 (41.0)
 Doxorubicin + ifosfamidea 13 (16.7)
 Ifosfamidea 6 (7.7)
 Epirubicin + ifosfamidea 6 (7.7)
 Dacarbazine + ifosfamidea 4 (5.1)

Liposarcoma (n=105)
 Doxorubicin 65 (61.9)
 Doxorubicin + ifosfamidea 15 (14.3)
 Docetaxel + gemcitabine 3 (2.9)
 Docetaxel 3 (2.9)
 Trabectedin 3 (2.9)

Vascular sarcoma (n=79)
 Paclitaxel 28 (35.4)
 Doxorubicin 18 (22.8)
 Doxorubicin + ifosfamidea 7 (8.9)
 Ifosfamidea 4 (5.1)
 Docetaxel + gemcitabine 3 (3.8)

Rhabdomyosarcoma (n=86)
 Doxorubicin 34 (39.5)
 Doxorubicin + ifosfamidea 19 (22.1)
 Ifosfamidea 5 (5.8)
 Pazopanib 5 (5.8)
 Docetaxel + gemcitabine 3 (3.5)

Synovial sarcoma (n=47)
 Doxorubicin 23 (48.9)
 Doxorubicin + ifosfamidea 7 (14.9)
 Ifosfamidea 4 (8.5)
 Docetaxel + gemcitabine 3 (6.4)
 Paclitaxel 3 (6.4)

Others/NOS (n=183)
 Doxorubicin 77 (42.1)
 Doxorubicin + ifosfamidea 53 (29.0)
 Docetaxel + gemcitabine 9 (4.9)
 Epirubicin + ifosfamidea 7 (3.8)
 Dacarbazine + doxorubicin + ifosfamidea 4 (2.2)

NOS: not otherwise specified; Denominators for the percentages are patients who received one of the five most commonly prescribed first-line regimens within each histologic category; amesna was always coadministered with ifosfamide.