Research Article

Myxoid Liposarcoma: Prognostic Factors and Metastatic Pattern in a Series of 148 Patients Treated at a Single Institution

Table 5

Statistical analysis indicates margins (), grading (0,0055), type of presentation (), and local recurrence (0.0437) as risk factors on metastasis-free survival (MFS).

Metastases-free survival
VariablesSurvival at 5 years (%)Survival at 10 years (%) value (LR test)

Site
 Upper limb72720,4542
 Lower limb8682
 Trunk100100

Size
 <5 cm86860,2716
 5–10 cm8886
 >10 cm8070

Grading, round cell (RC)
 Low (RC < 5%)91880,0055
 High (RC > 5%)7268

Margin
 Wide/radical94880,0001
 Marginal6262
 Intralesional100100

Presentation
 Primitive90860,0243
 Local recurrence6565
 Radicalization9384

LR
 No88840,0437
 Yes6565

RT
 No82820,9645
 Yes8682

CHT
 No87840,2363
 Yes8176