Table 1 Clinical features and data on therapy strategy for the whole cohort

From: Revisiting the role of the pathological grading in pediatric adrenal cortical tumors: results from a national cohort study with pathological review

Feature

Value

Missing data

%

Gender

  Female

67

-

70

  Male

28

-

30

Age (year)

  < 4

43

-

45

  4–10

25

-

26

  > 10

27

-

28

Clinical presentation a

  Virilization

55

9

64

  Cushing syndrome

22

11

26

  Hypertension

19

11

23

  Palpation of a mass

11

11

13

  No clinical symptom

3

11

4

  Functional tumor

74

11

88

Tumor diameter (by imaging)

  2–5 cm

40

 

43

  5–10 cm

36

 

39

  > 10 cm

16

 

17

  Data not specified

 

3

 

Stage (Children’s Oncology Group staging)

  I

54

 

58

  II

16

 

17

  III

18

 

19

  IV

5

 

5

  Data not specified

 

2

 

Initial percutaneous biopsy

9

6

10

Initial surgery

86

 

90

Results of initial surgery

  No residual tumour

71

 

83

  Micro- or macroscopic residual tumour (including tumor rupture)

14

 

16

  Data not specified

 

1

 

No initial surgery

7

 

7

Biopsy only

2

 

2

Delayed surgery (after pre-operative therapy)

5

 

5

Data non-specified on surgery modalities

 

2

 

Medical therapies

 Mitotane

20

 

22

   Neoadjuvant

4

  

   Adjuvant

13

  

   Both

3

  

   Data not specified

 

5

 

 Conventional chemotherapy regimens

13

 

15

  Neoadjuvant

4

  

  Adjuvant

8

  

  Both

1

  

  Data not specified

 

6

 

Radiation therapy

1

8

1

  Initial

0

  

  Palliative

1

  
  1. aMultiple presentations possible