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

 

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

 
  1. RMS=rhabodomyosarcoma; STS=soft tissue sarcoma.