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. 2020 May 15;12(5):2071–2082.

Table 1.

Characteristics of the liposarcoma with distant metastasis at diagnosis in the SEER dataset from 2010 to 2016

Characteristics Total distant metastasis Metastasis


Not % Yes % χ2 P-value Lung Liver Bone Brain
Sex 1.48 0.224
    Male 2,312 94.21% 142 5.79% 58 26 28 5
    Female 1,642 95.08% 85 4.92% 29 25 22 2
Age (year) 4.49 0.034
    <60 1,993 95.31% 98 4.69% 39 19 28 3
    ≥60 1,961 93.83% 129 6.17% 48 32 22 4
Race 3.86 0.425
    White 3,137 94.49% 183 5.51% 70 36 43 4
    Black 360 94.49% 21 5.51% 9 5 2 2
    IA 35 97.22% 1 2.78% 0 1 0 0
    API 365 94.32% 22 5.68% 8 9 5 1
    Unknown 57 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0 0 0
Insurance recode 6.95 0.031
    Insured 3,737 94.70% 209 5.30% 81 46 44 5
    Uninsured 121 89.63% 14 10.37% 6 5 5 2
    Unknown 96 96.00% 4 4.00% 0 0 1 0
Marital status 5.06 0.080
    Married 2,320 94.89% 125 5.11% 45 26 26 2
    Unmarried 1,375 93.66% 93 6.34% 39 22 22 5
    Unknown 259 96.64% 9 3.36% 3 3 2 0
Year of diagnosis 10.99 0.089
    2010 492 96.09% 20 3.91% 9 3 2 1
    2011 538 96.24% 21 3.76% 9 9 5 0
    2012 551 93.71% 37 6.29% 9 4 9 0
    2013 540 94.74% 30 5.26% 11 5 6 1
    2014 598 94.62% 34 5.38% 17 7 12 2
    2015 587 94.52% 34 5.48% 13 6 8 3
    2016 648 92.70% 51 7.30% 19 17 8 0
Primary site 46.42 <0.001
    Extremities 1,846 96.75% 62 3.25% 24 10 20 0
    Trunk 1,192 93.05% 89 6.95% 36 17 17 3
    RIA 831 93.16% 61 6.84% 17 20 5 2
    Thorax 26 89.66% 3 10.34% 2 0 2 1
    Others 59 83.10% 12 16.90% 8 4 6 1
Histology 91.08 <0.001
    Well-differentiated 1,453 98.58% 21 1.42% 7 5 4 1
    De-differentiated 795 89.73% 91 10.27% 35 16 11 0
    Myxoid 828 94.20% 51 5.80% 14 10 16 2
    Pleomorphic 257 92.11% 22 7.89% 13 4 5 2
    Others 113 93.39% 8 6.61% 3 3 3 0
    Unknown 508 93.73% 34 6.27% 15 13 11 2
Grade 145.87 <0.001
    Grade I 1,894 98.54% 28 1.46% 12 7 5 3
    Grade II 518 95.22% 26 4.78% 2 4 9 0
    Grade III 556 92.67% 44 7.33% 10 14 11 0
    Grade IV 496 88.10% 67 11.90% 33 9 10 2
    Unknown 490 88.77% 62 11.23% 30 17 15 2
T stage 52.29 <0.001
    T1 427 97.49% 11 2.51% 3 2 2 0
    T2 3,263 94.97% 173 5.03% 66 37 36 3
    Unknown 264 85.99% 43 14.01% 18 12 12 4
N stage 197.65 <0.001
    N0 3,772 95.66% 171 4.34% 58 38 35 4
    N1 41 62.12% 25 37.88% 10 9 9 1
    Unknown 141 81.98% 31 18.02% 19 4 6 2
Number of Met 650.24 <0.001
    ≤1 3954 95.42% 190 4.58% 55 30 26 3
    >1 0 0 37 100% 32 21 24 4
Vital status 362.70 <0.001
    Alive 3,292 97.86% 72 2.14% 20 15 10 0
    Dead 662 81.03% 155 18.97% 67 36 40 7
Surg (prim) 402.17 <0.001
    None 280 72.54% 106 27.46% 57 26 24 5
    Yes 3,667 96.81% 121 3.19% 30 25 26 2
    Unknown 7 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0 0 0

Abbreviations: SEER: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result; Met = Metastases. RIA: Retroperitoneal/intra-abdominal; IA: Indian/Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; Surg (prim): surgery for primary tumor.