Rhabdomyosarcoma in Adults: A Retrospective Analysis of Case Records Diagnosed between 1979 and 2018 in Western Denmark

Table 2

Baseline clinical characteristics at diagnosis of localised or metastatic disease.

	Localised disease (N = 30)	Metastatic disease (N = 20)
Median age (SD)	43 (18.5)	49 (21.1)
Sex
Female	14	11
Male	16	9
Median tumour size, cm (range)	6 (1–27)	10 (4–30)
Anatomical location of the primary tumour
Head and neck (nonparameningeal and parameningeal)	4	≤ 2
Intrathoracic, abdominal, and retroperitoneal organs	7	7
Extremities	14	10
Genitourinary	5	NA
Site
Unfavourable	22	18
Favourable	7	NA
Metastatic site
Lung	0	9
Liver	0	≤ 2
Bone	0	≤ 2
Others	0	8
Treatment intent
Curative	13	9
Palliative	5	6

Site: favourable sites are GU including bladder prostate, head and neck nonparameningeal, orbit, and biliary primaries; unfavourable sites are all other sites including NOS and extremities [8]. Histologic subtype: favourable: embryonal; unfavourable: alveolar, pleomorphic, and not otherwise specified [2]. According to the Danish law, it is not legal to report on individual patients without the patients’ signed consent. Therefore, if a cell includes ≤ 2 patients, the cells with the lowest number of patients have been blinded.