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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 Apr 22;66(8):e27763. doi: 10.1002/pbc.27763

TABLE 1.

Clinicopathologic features at diagnosis and radiotherapy characteristics.

Characteristic N % or Median (Range)
Age 28 13.4 (7–19) years
Gender Male 17 61%
Female 11 39%
Site of primary tumor Head/neck 6 21%
Spine/trunk 4 14%
Extremity 12 43%
Pelvis 6 22%
Primary tumor size 28 5.2 (1.1–24.0) cm
AJCC stage IA 1 4%
IIA 10 36%
IIB 7 25%
IVA 10 35%
Surgery for primary tumor Yes 22 79%
No 6 21%
Primary surgical margins Positive 2 9%
Negative 20 91%
Histologic response <90% 8 36%
≥90% 11 50%
N/A 3 14%
Disease course @ RT Primary 16 57%
Recurrent 12 43%
Indications for RT* Unresectable primary 6 21%
Positive/close margins 12 43%
Poor histologic response 5 14%
Metastatic consolidation 9 32%
Irradiated site Head/neck 5 18%
Spine/trunk 6 21%
Extremity 7 25%
Pelvis 8 29%
Lung 2 7%
Radiotherapy Dose/fraction 28 2.7 (1.1–8.0) Gy
Total EBRT dose 25 59.4 (40.0–76.0) Gy
Total brachy dose 3 34.0 (32.0–40.5) Gy
RT technique 3D CRT 14 50%
IMRT (SBRT) 10 (4) 36% (14%)
Brachy 3 11%
IMPT 1 3%

RT, radiation therapy; EBRT, external beam radiation therapy; 3D CRT, 3D conformal radiotherapy; Brachy, brachytherapy; IMRT, intensity-modulated radiotherapy; IMPT, intensity-modulated proton therapy; N/A, not available;

*

Indications for RT for 5 patients included both poor histologic response and positive/close margins.