Clinical Study

Nonreferral of Possible Soft Tissue Sarcomas in Adults: A Dangerous Omission in Policy

Table 3

Characteristics of the STS in the different groups according to metastasis.

Metastasis (%)Depth (%)Grade (%)
SuperficialDeepLowHigh

Group A22 (22)6 (27)16 (73)5 (23)17 (77)
Group B6 (16)2 (33)4 (67)0 (0)6 (100)
Group C19 (51)10 (50.0)18 (51.4)8 (42)11 (58)
A versus B -value1.403
A + B versus C -value .001

1The statistical test does not include group C.