FDG PET/CT in Initial Staging of Adult Soft-Tissue Sarcoma

Table 1

Patient and tumor characteristics.

Patient age (median)	55 (range 12–90)
Patient gender
Female	52%
Male	48%
Primary tumor stage
T1a	21%
T1b	8%
T2a	7%
T2b	64%
Tumor grade
TNM low (FNLCC grade 1)	9%
TNM high (FNLCC grade 2-3)	87%
Unknown/ungradable	4%
Tumor location
Lower extremity	66%
Upper extremity	23%
Body wall	11%
Tumor histology
Leiomyosarcoma	17%
Liposarcoma	17%
Fibrosarcoma	16%
Undifferentiated	16%
Synovial sarcoma	12%
MPNST	10%
Epitheliod	6%
Other	7%