Research Article

Patterns of Perioperative Treatment and Survival of Localized, Resected, Intermediate- or High-Grade Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A 2000–2017 Netherlands Cancer Registry Database Analysis

Table 2

The use of perioperative radiotherapy for grades II and III resected soft tissue sarcoma in the Netherlands between 2000 and 2017.

No RTPostop RTPreop RTPostop and preop RT

2000–2002372 (55.0%)297 (43.9%)5 (0.7%)2 (0.3%)
2003–2005377 (49.8%)347 (45.8%)28 (3.7%)5 (0.7%)
2006–2008383 (45.9%)397 (47.6%)52 (6.2%)2 (0.2%)
2009–2011381 (47.1%)303 (37.5%)118 (14.6%)7 (0.9%)
2012–2014437 (49.1%)236 (26.5%)202 (22.7%)15 (1.7%)
2015–2017526 (53.1%)162 (16.3%)279 (28.2%)24 (2.4%)

Abbreviations: RT = radiotherapy, postop = postoperative, preop = preoperative.