Series Histologies Location Median size (range) T-stage Margin status % receiving RT Median follow-up (range) LR rate
5-year OS Rydholm et al., 1991 (Sweden) [19 ] 129 LMS, 18% EX, 85% 4.3 cm (1–16 cm) 5 cm, 58%Wide, 58.1% 8.5% NR 24.8% 80% MFH, 46% T, 15% 5 cm, 38%Close, 41.9% LPS, 10% H/N, 0% Unknown, 4% AS, 0% Other, 0% Other, 26% Brooks et al., 1998 (USA) [14 ] 215 LMS, 16% EX, 100% NR 5 cm, 75%R0, 91.6% 25% 45 months (2 d–151 months) 14% 79% MFH, 43% T, 0% 5 cm, 25%R1, 8.4% LPS, 18% H/N, 0% AS, 3% Other, 0% Other, 20% Cany et al., 1999 (France) [15 ] 105 LMS, 20% EX, 56.1% 3 cm (1–15 cm) 5 cm, 65.7%Wide, 85.4% 52.8% 111.9 months (19.2–321.9 months) 10.5% 75% MFH, 39% T, 27.7% 5 cm, 34.3%Close, 14.6% LPS, 3% H/N, 16.2% AS, 5% Other, 0% Other2 , 33% Salas et al., 2009 (France) [16 ] 367 LMS, 22.3% EX, 55.0% NR 5 cm, 76.3%Wide, 76.3% 35.4% 74.2 months 23.4% 80.9% MFH1 , 9.0% T, 35.4% 5 cm, 21%Close, 21.2% AS, 14.4% H/N, 8.0% Unknown, 2.7% Unknown, 2.5% Other2 , 54.3% Other, 1.6% Tsukushi et al., 2012 (Japan) [20 ] 105 LMS, 7.6% EX, 73.3% NR 5 cm, 45.7%R0, 95.2% 4.8% NR 8.0% 95.3% MFH, 24.8% T, 26.7% 5 cm, 54.3%R1, 4.8% LPS, 19.0% Other, 48.6% Francescutti et al., 2015 (USA) [present study] 103 LMS, 35.9% EX, 51.5% 3 cm (0.15–14 cm) 5 cm, 79.0%Wide, 75.2% 21.3% 34.2 months (2.3–176.0 months) 8.7% 93.2% MFH, 15.5% T, 38.8% 5 cm, 21.0%Close, 18.8% LPS, 7.8% H/N, 7.8% AS, 5.8% Other, 1.9% Other, 35.0% Total 1024