Table 4 Five-year relative survival (%) of patients with bone and soft tissue sarcomas diagnosed at age 13–24 during 1979–2001 in England
From: Survival from cancer in teenagers and young adults in England, 1979–2003
Osteosarcoma | Ewing sarcoma | RMS | Other specified STS | Unspecified STS | |||||||||||
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N | % | P | N | % | P | N | % | P | N | % | P | N | % | P | |
Sex | |||||||||||||||
Male | 638 | 44 | 0.008 | 356 | 37 | 0.990 | 241 | 31 | 0.329 | 403 | 57 | 0.446 | 188 | 51 | 0.069 |
Female | 407 | 53 | 215 | 39 | 161 | 38 | 397 | 61 | 133 | 58 | |||||
Age (years) | |||||||||||||||
13–16 | 480 | 47 | 0.810 | 247 | 44 | 0.021 | 172 | 42 | <0.001 | 191 | 67 | 0.065 | 80 | 59 | 0.159 |
17–20 | 394 | 48 | 207 | 30 | 159 | 30 | 276 | 56 | 112 | 55 | |||||
21–24 | 171 | 48 | 117 | 38 | 71 | 25 | 333 | 56 | 129 | 51 | |||||
Deprivation | |||||||||||||||
Most affluent | 216 | 48 | 0.996 | 118 | 42 | 0.974 | 92 | 33 | 0.733 | 157 | 58 | 0.258 | 62 | 50 | 0.063 |
2 | 216 | 46 | 127 | 35 | 71 | 41 | 149 | 63 | 58 | 45 | |||||
3 | 198 | 46 | 117 | 37 | 76 | 34 | 148 | 61 | 68 | 62 | |||||
4 | 215 | 48 | 114 | 34 | 82 | 28 | 177 | 57 | 77 | 56 | |||||
Most deprived | 200 | 48 | 95 | 41 | 81 | 36 | 169 | 55 | 56 | 57 | |||||
Year of diagnosis | |||||||||||||||
1979–1984 | 311 | 38 | <0.001 | 152 | 26 | 0.005 | 92 | 33 | 0.430 | 153 | 58 | 0.294 | 71 | 44 | 0.007 |
1985–1989 | 235 | 55 | 124 | 41 | 122 | 39 | 168 | 56 | 77 | 49 | |||||
1990–1995 | 246 | 50 | 138 | 43 | 99 | 33 | 217 | 57 | 98 | 61 | |||||
1996–2001 | 253 | 49 | 157 | 42 | 89 | 29 | 262 | 62 | 75 | 59 |