Do Malignant Bone Tumors of the Foot Have a Different Biological Behavior than Sarcomas at Other Skeletal Sites?

Table 2

Delay in diagnosis at the foot (the present study) and at the other sites (the literature).

Time of delay in diagnosis (in months)
Diagnosis	Median results of the present study	Average results from other sites in the literature
Chondrosarcoma	7.5 (IQR 1.5–12.2, range 1–128)	10 (G1-G2)
		5 (G3) [25]
Osteosarcoma	15 (IQR 3–18.5, range 1–23)	3.5 [17]
		5.2 [30]
		6.4 [11]
Ewing sarcoma	18 (IQR 5–26, range 3–34)	8.5 [12]
		9.6 [11]
		8.1 [30]
		3–9 [13]

Abbreviations used: IQR–interquartile range. The superscripts listed in the last column of the table refer to references.