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 | | Male | 35 | 43.2 | Female | 46 | 56.8 | Median age at death (Range) | 55 (18–84) | | Histology: | | | Leiomyosarcoma | 23 | 28.4 | Liposarcoma | 12 | 14.8 | Angiosarcoma | 7 | 8.6 | Synovial sarcoma | 6 | 7.4 | Sarcoma—(Not other specified) | 6 | 7.4 | Other | 27 | 33.4 | Disease status at referral: | | | Locally advanced/“inoperable” | 22 | 27.2 | Metastatic | 59 | 72.8 | Metastasis at referral: | | | Single organ | 42 | 71.2 | Multiple organ | 17 | 28.8 | Site of metastases at referral: | | | Lung | 38 | 64.4 | Liver | 12 | 20.3 | Soft tissue | 15 | 25.4 | Bone | 9 | 15.3 | Other | 9 | 15.3 |
|
|