Clinical Study
Metastatic Patterns of Myxoid/Round Cell Liposarcoma: A Review of a 25-Year Experience
Table 1
Influence of pathologic variables on metastatic pattern.
| Parameters | Total | Absence of metastasis | Extrapulmonary metastasis | Pulmonary metastasis | value | Patients (No.) | 58 | 47 | 8 | 3 | |
| Age at diagnosis | | | | | | Median age (range) | 46 (18–80) | 44 (18–80) | 51 (37–66) | 58 (32–72) | NS | ≤45 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0.699529 | >45 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | |
| Gender | | | | | | Male | 33 | 27 | 3 | 3 | NS | Female | 25 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0.127731 |
| Tumor size | | | | | | Median size (range) | 9.3 (1.2–25) | 8.7 (1.2–20) | 15.5 (10–25) | 9 (4–14) | | ≥10 cm | 31 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0.027573 | ≥10 cm | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | | unknown | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Tumor depth | | | | | | Superficial | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | NS | Deep | 39 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0.351308 | Unknown | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tumor site | | | | | | Extremity | 48 | 41 | 5 | 2 | NS | Trunk | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0.29337 |
| Histological grade | | | | | | Low grade | 38 | 34 | 4 | 0 | | High grade | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0.026703 |
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