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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 (%) |
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| 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 |