Research Article

Symptom Burden, Survival and Palliative Care in Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Table 1

Demographics and tumour-specific details.

Demographic- and tumour-specific factors:Number%

Number: 81
 Male3543.2
 Female4656.8
 Median age at death (Range)55 (18–84)
Histology:
 Leiomyosarcoma 23 28.4
 Liposarcoma1214.8
 Angiosarcoma78.6
 Synovial sarcoma67.4
 Sarcoma—(Not other specified)67.4
 Other2733.4
Disease status at referral:
 Locally advanced/“inoperable”2227.2
 Metastatic5972.8
Metastasis at referral:
 Single organ 42 71.2
 Multiple organ1728.8
Site of metastases at referral:
 Lung 38 64.4
 Liver1220.3
 Soft tissue1525.4
 Bone915.3
 Other915.3