Research Article
Prognostic Factors and Survival in Pediatric and Adolescent Liposarcoma
Table 1
Treatment and outcomes for 3 different histologic tumor subtypes.
| | | Myxoid () | Well differentiated () | Pleomorphic () | value |
| | Treatment | | | | | | Surgery | 16 | 2 | 1 | .08 | | Surgery + XRT | 6 | 1 | 0 | | | Surgery + XRT + CT | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | Surgery + CT | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| | Median PFS (years) | 0.3 | 3.1 | 0.5 | .34 |
| | Mean radiation dose, Gy (range) | 55 (42–67) | 35 (24–45) | 64 (50–84) | .38 | | Median followup (years) | 7.3 | 5.4 | 1.9 | .01 | | Number of recurrences | 7 | 1 | 3 | .31 |
| | Median followup (years) for patients with recurrence | 8.38 | 00 | 2.39 | <.001 |
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XRT: radiation therapy; CT: chemotherapy; PFS: progression-free survival.
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