Sarcomas of the extremities and the pelvis: comparing local recurrence after incisional and after core-needle biopsy

Table 1 Characteristics of the patient cohort (^a13 Ewing sarcomas were excluded of grading classification)

		Number	Percentage
Total patients		162	100
Median age (years)		55.6
Type of biopsy	CNB	137	84.6
Type of biopsy	IB	25	15.4
Tissue type	STS	92	56.8
Tissue type	BS	70	43.2
Grading^a	G1	24	14.8
Grading^a	G2/3	125	77.2
Number of LR		22	13.6
Median time to LR (months)		22.4
Perioperative radio-/chemotherapy		118	72.8

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