Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the retrospective series of 255 STS patients
| GIST | MLPS | SyS | SCG | All histotypes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | 60 (23.5) | 50 (19.5) | 58 (23) | 87 (34) | 255 (100) |
| Male | 34 (57) | 32 (64) | 33 (57) | 51 (59) | 150 (59) |
| Female | 26 (43) | 18 (36) | 25 (43) | 36 (41) | 105 (41) |
| Median (range) age (years) | 63 (36-76) | 44 (16-83) | 20 (1-71) | 63 (16-92) | 50 (1-92) |
| Median (range) size (mm) | 55 (15-280) | 110 (40-270) | 70 (27-240) | 100 (20-300) | 80 (15-300) |
| Site, n (%) | |||||
| Extremities | 0 (0) | 46 (92) | 41 (71) | 61 (70) | 148 (58) |
| Head and neck | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (8) | 0 (0) | 5 (2) |
| Trunk wall | 0 (0) | 3 (6) | 12 (21) | 15 (17) | 30 (12) |
| Internal trunk | 60 (100) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 11 (13) | 72 (28) |
| Grade (FNCLCC/AFIP), n (%) | |||||
| I/low and very low | 29 (48.3) | 27 (54) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 56 (22) |
| II/intermediate | 14 (23.3) | 21 (42) | 7 (12) | 25 (29) | 67 (26) |
| III/high | 17 (28.3) | 2 (4) | 51 (88) | 62 (71) | 132 (52) |
AFIP, American Forces Institute of Pathology; FNCLCC, Fédération Nationale des Centres de Lutte Contre le Cancer; GIST, gastrointestinal stromal tumor; MLPS, myxoid liposarcoma; SCG, sarcoma with complex genomics; SyS, synovial sarcoma.