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Table 1 Patient and tumor characteristics

From: Stereotactic body radiotherapy for recurrent and oligometastatic soft tissue sarcoma

Patient-related variables (n = 37)

Patients, n (%)

Age: median (range)

58 years(19–82 years)

Gender

 Male

25(67.6%)

 Female

12(32.4%)

Pathological type

 Smooth muscle tumors

5(13.5%)

 Fibroblastic and myofibroblastic tumorsa

11(29.7.4%)

 Tumors of uncertain differentiationb

8(21.6%)

 Adipocytic tumorsc

5(13.5%)

 Vascular tumors

3(8.1%)

 Skeletal muscle tumors

3(8.1%)

 Others

2(5.4%)

Disease setting

 Recurrence

18(48.6%)

 Oligometastasis

19(51.4%)

Histological grade*

 G1

19(51.4%)

 G2

4(10.8%)

 G3

14(37.8%)

Number of lesionsd

 1

24(64.8%)

 2–3

13(35.1%)

Systemic treatment

 Chemotherapy

18(48.6%)

 Targeted therapy

4(10.8%)

 Immunotherapy

1(2.7%)

 Interventional therapy

2(5.4%)

 None

12(32.4%)

  1. a11 cases of fibroblastic and myofibroblastic tumors including 5 cases of myxofibrosarcoma, 2 cases of fibrosarcoma NOS, 1 case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor, 1 case of solitary fibrous tumor, malignant, 1 case of desmoid-type fibromatosis, and 1 dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
  2. b8 cases of tumors of uncertain differentiation including 3 cases of undifferentiated sarcoma, 1 case of spindle cell sarcoma, undifferentiated, 1 cases of pleural mesothelial sarcoma, 1 case of endometrial stromal sarcoma, 1 case of alveolar soft part sarcoma, 1 case of synovial sarcoma
  3. c5 cases of adipocytic tumors including 3 cases of dedifferentiated liposarcoma, 2 cases of myxoid liposarcoma
  4. dNumber of concurrent lesions at the time of first SBRT
  5. *Histological grade was based on the pathological findings of the primary site at the time of initial diagnosis