Table 1.
Demographics of respondents.
| Demographics | Count of respondents (%) |
|---|---|
| Discipline | |
| Pediatric/medical oncologists | 85 (78.0) |
| W/ special interest in sarcomas | 49 (57.6) |
| W/o special interest in sarcomas | 36 (42.4) |
| Surgical pathologists | 24 (22.0) |
| W/ special interest in sarcomas | 23 (95.8) |
| W/o special interest in sarcomas | 1 (4.2) |
| Sarcoma specialists | 72 (66.1) |
| Nonsarcoma specialists | 37 (33.9) |
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| Current location of practise | |
| North America | 102 (93.6) |
| Europe | 3 (2.8) |
| Asia and Pacific | 4 (3.7) |
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| Type of practice | |
| Academic | 98 (89.9) |
| Private/community | 11 (10.1) |
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| Duration after completion of training (years) | |
| 1–5 | 25 (22.9) |
| 6–10 | 34 (31.2) |
| 11–15 | 14 (12.8) |
| >15 | 36 (33.0) |
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| Number of newly diagnosed bone and soft tissue sarcoma patients treated each year | |
| 0–10 | 27 (24.8) |
| 11–25 | 34 (31.2) |
| 26–50 | 19 (17.4) |
| 51–100 | 8 (7.3) |
| >100 | 21 (19.3) |
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| Percentage of time spent on basic science research | |
| 0 | 50 (45.9) |
| 1–20% | 22 (20.2) |
| 21–60% | 19 (17.4) |
| 61–100% | 18 (16.5) |