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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: The pretreatment erythrocyte sedimentation rate predicts survival outcomes after surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy for extremity soft tissue sarcoma

 

No. of patients (%)

Age (years)

 Median

50

 Range

15–84

Gender

 

 Male

51 (51.5)

 Female

48 (48.5)

Any chronic comorbidity

 No

72 (72.7)

 Yes

27 (27.3)

Tumor site

 Lower extremity

73 (73.7)

 Upper extremity

26 (26.3)

Tumor size (cm)

  ≤ 5

34 (34.3)

  > 5

61 (61.6)

 Unknowna

4 (4.0)

Tumor depth

 Superficial

30 (30.3)

 Deep

69 (69.7)

FNCLCC grade

 1

17 (17.2)

 2

50 (50.5)

 3

32 (32.3)

Histological subtype

 MFH

35 (35.4)

 Myxoid liposarcoma

26 (26.3)

 Synovial sarcoma

10 (10.1)

 Dedifferentiated liposarcoma

8 (8.1)

 Myxofibrosarcoma

5 (5.1)

 Fibrosarcoma

5 (5.1)

 MPNST

5 (5.1)

 Ewing sarcoma/ PNET

5 (5.1)

Resection margin

 Negative

77 (77.8)

 Close (≤2 mm)

9 (9.1)

 Positive

10 (10.1)

 Unknowna

3 (3.0)

Treatment modality

 Surgery + RT

58 (58.6)

 Surgery + RT + CXT

41 (41.4)

RT dose (Gy)

 Median

60

 Range

46–66

  1. Abbreviations: FNCLCC Fédération Nationale des Centres de Lutte Contre le Cancer, MFH malignant fibrous histiocytoma, MPNST malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, PNET primitive neuroectodermal tumor, RT radiotherapy, CXT chemotherapy
  2. aIt was not possible to evaluate in patients who underwent excision at an outside institution