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Table 3 Univariate survival analysis of 99 patients with extremity soft tissue sarcoma

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

 

No.

5-year OS

5-year DFS

5-year LRFS

5-year DMFS

%

P value

%

P value

%

P value

%

P value

Age (years)

  ≤ 60

74

85.9

< 0.001

77.4

0.001

89.4

0.236

84.4

0.002

  > 60

25

52.0

 

43.2

 

83.6

 

55.7

 

Tumor size (cm)

  ≤ 5

34

87.5

0.130

78.0

0.229

96.7

0.162

84.2

0.263

  > 5

61

69.8

 

63.5

 

82.3

 

71.8

 

Tumor depth

 Superficial

30

89.3

0.205

79.0

0.300

92.6

0.734

86.2

0.296

 Deep

69

71.9

 

65.8

 

86.2

 

73.2

 

FNCLCC grade

 1–2

67

84.8

0.012

81.5

< 0.001

93.4

0.008

84.5

0.003

 3

32

60.2

 

44.8

 

75.3

 

61.4

 

Resection margin

 Negative

77

80.0

0.065

73.6

0.109

93.9

0.001

78.9

0.202

 Close or Positive

19

67.4

 

52.6

 

65.1

 

68.0

 

Chemotherapy

 No

58

80.2

0.522

73.0

0.535

86.0

0.313

84.0

0.115

 Yes

41

72.7

 

65.5

 

91.5

 

67.9

 

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

  ≥ 12

84

76.7

0.914

68.0

0.398

87.5

0.574

76.6

0.765

  < 12

15

79.4

 

80.0

 

93.3

 

80.0

 

CRP (mg/dL)

  ≤ 0.14

61

84.5

0.050

79.3

0.023

92.6

0.376

84.5

0.015

  > 0.14

33

69.3

 

57.1

 

84.1

 

66.5

 

ESR (mm/h)

  ≤ 15

47

91.2

0.001

89.1

0.003

97.7

0.035

93.5

0.001

  > 15

44

69.4

 

57.8

 

80.6

 

67.4

 

NLR

  ≤ 1.95

52

84.0

0.054

78.4

0.174

89.3

0.793

84.4

0.170

  > 1.95

45

70.2

 

63.0

 

89.0

 

69.9

 
  1. Abbreviations: OS overall survival, DFS disease-free survival, DMFS distant metastasis-free survival, LRFS local recurrence-free survival, FNCLCC Fédération Nationale des Centres de Lutte Contre le Cancer, CRP C-reactive protein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, NLR neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio