Soft Tissue Sarcomas of the Thoracic Wall: More Prone to Higher Mortality, and Local Recurrence—A Single Institution Long-Term Follow-up Study

Table 1

Patient, tumor, and treatment characteristics.

Factors	n (%)
Age, years
16-49	29 (33%)
≥ 50	59 (67%)
Sex
Male	51 (58%)
Female	37 (42%)
Tumor size
1-4 cm	37 (44%)
5-9 cm	28 (28%)
≥ 10 cm	20 (28%)
Tumor depth
Superficial	32 (36%)
Deep	56 (64%)
Malignancy grade
Low	11 (13%)
Intermediate/high	77 (87%)
Surgical margin
Wide	58 (66%)
Intralesional/marginal	30 (34%)
Chemotherapy
Yes	13 (15%)
No	75 (85%)
Radiotherapy
Yes	30 (34%)
No	58 (66%)
Local recurrence
Yes	18 (20%)
No	69 (80 %)
Distant metastases
Yes	18 (20%)
No	69 (80%)

missing for 4 patients.
missing for 1 patient.