Comparison of Epidemiology, Clinical Features, and Outcomes of Patients with Reported Ewing Sarcoma and PNET over 40 Years Justifies Current WHO Classification and Treatment Approaches
Table 2
Clinical presenting features of patients with Ewing sarcoma and PNET ().
Ewing sarcoma (N =2945)
PNET (N = 630)
value
N %
N %
Metastasis at diagnosis
Yes
323 (24.7)
74 (24.4)
0.941
No
984 (75.3)
229 (75.6)
Unknown
1638
327
Maximum tumor dimension
<8 cm
225 (51.2)
137 (51.7)
0.891
≥8 cm
493 (48.8)
128 (48.3)
Unknown
2227
375
Grade
Well, moderately, or poorly diff.
225 (31.3)
60 (35.5)
0.314
Undifferentiated
493 (68.7)
109 (64.5)
Unknown
2227
461
Primary site bone
Yes
2065 (70.1)
354 (56.2)
0.001
No
880 (29.9)
276 (43.8)
Primary site bone, axial
Yes
371 (18.0)
15 (4.2)
0.001
No
1694 (82.0)
339 (95.8)
Primary site bone, pelvis
Yes
446 (21.6)
20 (5.7)
0.001
No
1619 (78.4)
334 (94.3)
Among patients with bone primary tumors ( for ES; for PNET).