Research Article

Overall Survival and Response to Systemic Therapy in Metastatic Extrauterine Leiomyosarcoma

Table 5

Association between clinicopathologic features associated with OS and first-line systemic therapy regimens. The variability of the number of metastatic sites is presented as the 75th percentile to better reflect the true variability rather than displaying the median.

Systemic therapyMedian age (years)Female : male ratioMedian time to metastases (years)Number of metastatic sites, 75th percentile

Gemcitabine + docetaxel56.52.60.235
Gemcitabine721.30.782
Doxorubicin-alkylator combo56.2102
Liposomal doxorubicin66.72.91.03.5
Doxorubicin58.7505
Alkylator, single65.420.813.5
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors51.71.31.13.5
Other combos58.71.60.562
Other single agents51.82.31.13
None55.21.61.52
value0.200.660.040.10

Defined as number at which 75% had fewer and 25% had greater metastases.