Research Article

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
 Yes323 (24.7)74 (24.4)0.941
 No984 (75.3)229 (75.6)
 Unknown1638327

Maximum tumor dimension
 <8 cm225 (51.2)137 (51.7)0.891
 ≥8 cm493 (48.8)128 (48.3)
 Unknown2227375

Grade
 Well, moderately, or poorly diff.225 (31.3)60 (35.5)0.314
 Undifferentiated493 (68.7)109 (64.5)
 Unknown2227461

Primary site bone
 Yes2065 (70.1)354 (56.2)0.001
 No880 (29.9)276 (43.8)

Primary site bone, axial
 Yes371 (18.0)15 (4.2)0.001
 No1694 (82.0)339 (95.8)

Primary site bone, pelvis
 Yes446 (21.6)20 (5.7)0.001
 No1619 (78.4)334 (94.3)

Among patients with bone primary tumors ( for ES; for PNET).