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. 2019 Aug;16(3):565–574. doi: 10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2019.0041

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Histological distribution of soft tissue sarcomas by sex and age in China, 2014

Histological subtypes Proportion (%) Gender Male/female ratio 0-19
years old
(%)
20-64
years old
(%)
65+
years old
(%)
Total, n Male, n Female, n
NOS, not otherwise specified
Sarcoma NOS 28.65 2,428 1,198 1,230 1.0 3.50 54.08 42.42
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor 14.38 1,219 669 550 1.2 0.41 56.52 43.07
Leiomyosarcoma 5.97 506 95 411 0.2 0.40 79.05 20.55
Endometrial stromal sarcoma 4.46 378 30 348 0.1 0.53 84.13 15.34
Liposarcoma 5.75 487 281 206 1.4 2.26 66.74 31.00
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma 5.12 434 269 165 1.6 0.92 51.15 47.93
Angiosarcoma 4.59 389 212 177 1.2 3.34 59.64 37.02
Rhabdomyosarcoma 1.43 121 64 57 1.1 44.63 47.93 7.44
Fibrosarcoma 5.73 486 245 241 1.0 2.67 72.22 25.10
Nerve sheath tumor and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor 12.48 1,058 523 535 1.0 2.74 80.72 16.54
Dermatofibrosarcoma 2.28 193 114 79 1.4 6.74 78.24 15.03
Other specified soft tissue sarcoma
 Carcinosarcoma, NOS 1.58 134 38 96 0.4 0.00 61.19 38.81
 Synovial sarcoma 1.18 100 51 49 1.0 4.00 84.00 12.00
 Mixed tumor, malignant NOS 0.86 73 31 42 0.7 4.11 72.60 23.29
 Primitive neuroectodermal tumor, NOS 0.55 47 29 18 1.6 14.89 76.60 8.51
 Granular cell tumors and alveolar soft  part sarcoma 1.16 98 15 83 0.2 6.12 84.69 9.18
 Paragangliomas and glomus tumors 1.13 96 45 51 0.9 3.13 79.17 17.71
 Malignant mesenchymoma 0.88 75 37 38 1.0 2.67 68.00 29.33
 Malignant myoepithelioma 0.17 14 10 4 2.5 0.00 64.29 35.71
 Clear cell sarcoma 0.34 29 18 11 1.6 6.90 72.41 20.69
 Kaposi sarcoma 0.59 50 29 21 1.4 4.00 58.00 38.00
 Rhabdoid tumor 0.08 7 4 3 1.3 28.57 57.14 14.29
 Extraskeletal osteosarcoma and  chondrosarcoma 0.26 22 13 9 1.4 0.00 90.91 9.09
 Myxosarcoma 0.22 19 7 12 0.6 0.00 57.89 42.11
 Malignant giant cell tumors 0.14 12 6 6 1.0 16.67 58.33 25.00
Total 100.00 8,475 4,033 4,442 0.9 3.12 64.65 32.24