Research Article
Myxoid Liposarcoma: Prognostic Factors and Metastatic Pattern in a Series of 148 Patients Treated at a Single Institution
Table 3
Statistical analysis indicates that margins (
), grading (
), and the metastasis (
) are risk factors on overall survival (OS).
| Overall survival | Variables | Survival at 5 years (%) | Survival at 10 years (%) | value (LR test) |
| Site | | | | Upper limb | 92 | 73 | 0,6215 | Lower limb | 89 | 86 | Trunk | 100 | 100 |
| Size | | | | <5 cm | 81 | 81 | 0,4268 | 5–10 cm | 95 | 88 | >10 cm | 89 | 89 |
| Grading, round cell (RC) | | | | Low (RC < 5%) | 95 | 87 | 0,0479 | High (RC > 5%) | 80 | 80 |
| Margin | | | | Wide/radical | 96 | 92 | 0,002 | Marginal | 76 | 66 | Intralesional | 50 | 50 |
| Presentation | | | | Primitive | 91 | 91 | 0,0755 | Local Recurrence | 78 | 72 | Radicalization | 100 | 80 |
| LR | | | | No | 92 | 86 | 0,2821 | Yes | 76 | 76 |
| RT | | | | No | 90 | 90 | 0,7921 | Yes | 90 | 85 |
| CHT | | | | No | 94 | 87 | 0,1766 | Yes | 83 | 83 |
| Metastases | | | | No | 98 | 98 | <0,0001 | Yes | 42 | 22 |
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