Epidemiology of Soft Tissue Sarcoma and Bone Sarcoma inItaly: Analysis of Data from 15 Population-Based Cancer Registries
Table 1
Characteristics of soft tissue and bone sarcoma cases diagnosed in 2009–2012 and archived in 15 Italian population-based cancer registries affiliated to AIRTUM.
Number
%
value
All cases
1112
100.0
Mode of diagnosis
From histology of primary
1028
92.4
By other means
84
7.6
Sex
0.001
Male
609
54.8
Female
503
45.2
Age (years)
<20
100
9.0
20–44
204
18.3
45–64
313
28.2
≥65
495
44.5
Median age (IQR)
62
42–74
Morphologies: soft tissue sarcomas†
859
Sarcoma not otherwise specified (NOS)
253
29.4
Liposarcoma
191
22.2
Fibrosarcoma, peripheral nerve, and others
175
20.4
Leiomyosarcoma
138
16.1
Rhabdomyosarcoma
38
4.4
Hemangiosarcoma
36
4.2
Myxosarcoma
16
1.9
Osteosarcoma
4
0.5
Chondrosarcoma
4
0.5
Desmoplastic tumour
1
0.1
Teratoma
1
0.1
Myoepithelial sarcoma
1
0.1
Other soft tissues
1
0.1
Anatomic location: soft tissue sarcoma†
Lower extremity
305
35.6
Upper extremity
166
19.3
Trunk
289
33.6
Others
99
11.5
Morphologies: bone sarcoma†
253
Chondrosarcoma
95
37.6
Osteosarcoma
74
29.2
Ewing’s sarcoma
33
13.0
Other malignant bone tumour
32
12.7
Chordoma
16
6.3
Fibrosarcoma, peripheral nerve, and other fibrous
1
0.4
Hemangiosarcoma
1
0.4
Undifferentiated chordoma
1
0.4
Anatomic location: bone sarcoma†
Lower extremity
90
35.6
Upper extremity
84
33.2
Trunk
54
21.3
Others
25
9.9
values (chi-square test) for differences between subgroups. Autopsy, cytology, or histology of metastasis. †Percentages refer to totals in each category, not total number of cases. Bold values indicate totals for soft tissue and bone sarcoma cases, respectively.
