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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with MFN of long bones

From: Malignant fibrous neoplasms of long bones: analysis of the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database from 1973 to 2015

Variables

Number (%)

Fibrosarcoma (NOS) N = 51

Fibromyxosarcoma N = 4

Periosteal fibrosarcoma N = 12

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma N = 170

Total

 

57

61

48

56

56

Age

≤16

1 (2.0%)

0 (0%)

2 (16.7%)

9 (5.3%)

12 (5.1%)

17–39

11 (21.6%)

1 (25.0%)

2 (16.7%)

28 (16.5%)

42 (17.7%)

40–60

16 (31.4%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (25.0%)

54 (31.8%)

73 (30.8%)

>60

23 (45.1%)

3 (75.0%)

5 (41.7%)

79 (46.5%)

110 (46.4%)

Race recode

Other

4 (7.8%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (25.0%)

9 (5.3%)

16 (6.8%)

White

39 (76.5%)

4 (100.0%)

9 (75.0%)

143 (84.1%)

195 (82.3%)

Black

8 (15.7%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

18 (10.6%)

26 (11.0%)

Sex

Female

19 (37.3%)

2 (50.0%)

6 (50.0%)

82 (48.2%)

109 (46.0%)

Male

32 (62.7%)

2 (50.0%)

6 (50.0%)

88 (51.8%)

128 (54.0%)

Decade of diagnosis

1970s

8 (15.7%)

0 (0.0%)

7 (58.3%)

7 (4.1%)

22 (9.3%)

1980s

7 (13.7%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (25.0%)

30 (17.6%)

40 (16.9%)

1990s

6 (11.8%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

38 (22.4%)

44 (18.6%)

2000s

17 (33.3%)

3 (75.0%)

1 (8.3%)

73 (42.9%)

94 (39.7%)

2010s

13 (25.5%)

1 (25.0%)

1 (8.3%)

22 (12.9%)

37 (15.6%)

Tumor grade

Unknown

7 (13.7%)

1 (25.0%)

6 (50.0%)

63 (37.1%)

77 (32.5%)

Low

18 (35.3%)

1 (25.0%)

3 (25.0%)

7 (4.1%)

29 (12.2%)

High

26 (51.0%)

2 (50.0%)

3 (25.0%)

100 (58.8%)

131 (55.3%)

Tumor Size

<5 cm

27 (52.9%)

0 (0.0%)

9 (75.0%)

83 (48.8%)

119 (50.2%)

5 cm-10

8 (15.7%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

18 (10.6%)

26 (11.0%)

>10

13 (25.5%)

4 (100.0%)

2 (16.7%)

42 (24.7%)

61 (25.7%)

Unknown

3 (5.9%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (8.3%)

27 (15.9%)

31 (13.1%)

Stage

Unknown

4 (7.8%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (8.3%)

11 (6.5%)

16 (6.8%)

Local

23 (45.1%)

2 (50.0%)

4 (33.3%)

62 (36.5%)

91 (38.4%)

Region

16 (31.4%)

1 (25.0%)

5 (41.7%)

62 (36.5%)

84 (35.4%)

distant

8 (15.7%)

1 (25.0%)

2 (16.7%)

35 (20.6%)

46 (19.4%)

Surgery

No

13 (19.4%)

0 (0.0%)

5 (41.7%)

38 (22.4%)

56 (23.6%)

Yes

38 (74.5%)

4 (100.0%)

7 (58.3%)

131 (77.1%)

180 (75.9%)

Unknown

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.6%)

1 (0.4%)

Radiotherapy

No/Unknown

36 (70.6%)

4 (100.0%)

8 (66.7%)

133 (78.2%)

181 (76.4%)

Yes

15 (29.4%)

0 (0.0%)

4 (33.3%)

37 (21.8%)

56 (23.6%)

Chemotherapy

No/Unknown

36 (70.6%)

3 (75.0%)

8 (66.7%)

87 (51.2%)

134 (56.5%)

Yes

15 (29.4%)

1 (25.0%)

4 (33.3%)

83 (48.8%)

103 (43.5%)

Dead

No

15 (29.4%)

3 (75.0%)

3 (25.0%)

56 (32.9%)

77 (32.5%)

Yes

36 (70.6%)

1 (25.0%)

9 (75.0%)

114 (67.1%)

160 (67.5%)

Tumor sequence

First

39 (76.5%)

4 (100.0%)

12 (100.0%)

153 (90.0%)

208 (87.8%)

≥Second

12 (23.5%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

17 (10.0%)

29 (12.2%)

5-year OS rate

31.40%

50.00%

58.30%

40.60%

39.70%

5-year CSS rate

62.70%

75.00%

66.70%

58.80%

60.30%

10-year OS rate

11.80%

50.00%

50.00%

23.50%

22.80%

10-year CSS rate

58.80%

75.00%

58.30%

55.30%

56.50%

  1. Abbreviations: CSS Cancer-specific survival, OS Overall survival, MFN Malignant fibrous neoplasms