Type and Incidence of Soft Tissue Sarcomas in Korea: 2001-2007
- Title
- Type and Incidence of Soft Tissue Sarcomas in Korea: 2001-2007
- Author
- 백승삼
- Keywords
- Prognosis; Type; Incidence; Korea; Sarcoma
- Issue Date
- 2011-12
- Publisher
- 대한병리학회
- Citation
- KOREAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY, DEC 2011, 45( 6), p557-p563, 7p.
- Abstract
- Background: The Korean Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology Study Group of the Korean Society of Pathologists conducted a nationwide retrospective analysis of soft tissue sarcoma (STS) to pro-vide the clinicopathologic characteristics of STS within the population of the Republic of Korea. Methods: The cases of STS were collected during a 7-year period (2001-2007) from 19 institutes in Korea. All cases were classified according to the histologic criteria proposed by the World Health Organization. Clinicopathologic data were reviewed. Results: Data from 722 patients (median age, 50 years) were collected. Data showed a slight male predominance. The most frequent types of STS in decreasing order were liposarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, leiomyosarcoma, and synovial sarcoma. STS occurred throughout the body, although approximately half (47.8%) were located in the extremities. The majority of STS was histologically classified as high grade with a large tumor size (〉5 cm). The overall survival rate for the patients was 76.3% (median follow-up time, 26 months; range, 1 to 89 months). Histologic grade, tumor size, American Joint Committee on Cancer stage, tumor site, and resection status were prognostic. Significant independent ad¬verse prognostic factors were large tumor size (〉5 cm) and tumor site other than extremities. Conclusions: We reported the distribution and characteristics of STS in the Republic of Korea.
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- https://www.jpatholtm.org/upload/pdf/kjp-45-6-557.pdfhttps://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/70523
- ISSN
- 1738-1843
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