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Table 3 Applied treatments and clinical evolution according to gender

From: Surgical resection of massive liposarcomas at the extremities: a 10-year experience in a referral musculoskeletal sarcoma unit

 

Total

Males

Females

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Concomitant therapy

   

  Only surgical excision

13 (50)

8 (57, 1)

5 (41, 7)

  Radiotherapy

8 (30, 8)

4 (28, 6)

4 (33, 3)

  Chemotherapy

1 (3, 8)

1 (8, 3)

  Radiotherapy + chemotherapy

4 (15, 4)

2 (14, 3)

2 (16, 7)

Local recurrence

   

  Yes

2 (7, 7)

2 (16, 7)

  No

24 (92, 3)

14 (100)

10 (83, 3)

Metastases

   

  M1

1 (3, 8)

1 (8, 3)

  M0

25 (96, 2)

14 (100)

11 (91, 7)

  1. The percentages in parentheses indicate the proportion of cases within the category. There were no differences between males and females in the applied therapy and in the clinical course according to the Fisher’s exact test