Epidemiological Characteristics and Survival Studies of Rhabdomyosarcoma in East Egypt: A Five-Year Multicenter Study

Table 5

Relation between outcome and age, sex, primary site, histopathology, and metastasis.

		Survivors		Dead		𝑥^2	P value
		𝑛=25	%	𝑛=16	%
Age (years)
< 10	𝑛=33	23	69.7	10	30.3	5.27	0.02*
≥10	𝑛=8	2	25	6	75
Gender
Male	𝑛=22	12	54.5	10	45.5	0.83	0.36
Female	𝑛=19	13	68.4	6	31.6
Primary site
Head and neck	𝑛=15	7	46.7	8	53.3	2.57	0.1
Extremities	𝑛=12	8	66.7	4	33.3	0.02	0.88
Genitourinary	𝑛=8	6	75.0	2	25	0.58	0.44
Retroperitoneum	𝑛=6	4	66.7	2	33.3	0.09	0.76
Histopathology
Embryonal	𝑛=27	15	55.6	12	44.4	0.98	0.32
Alveolar	𝑛=9	5	55.6	4	44.4	0.14	0.72
Others	𝑛=5	5	100	0	0	2.02	0.15
Metastasis
−ve	𝑛=23	19	82.6	4	17.4	10.3	0.0013*
+ve	𝑛=18	6	33.3	12	66.7

*: significant.