Table 1 Clinical and histological findings for 85 patients with myxofibrosarcoma/undifferentiated sarcoma.

From: Histological markers, sickle-shaped blood vessels, myxoid area, and infiltrating growth pattern help stratify the prognosis of patients with myxofibrosarcoma/undifferentiated sarcoma

Male/Female, n

 

62/23

 

Mitosis (10 HPFs)**

 

15 (7–32)

(0, 87)

Age, years*

 

70 ± 14

(18, 96)

Necrosis, %**

 

10 (0–30)

(0, 80)

Tumor size, mm*

 

91 ± 49

(18, 290)

Vascular invasion, n

V0

70

 

Location, n

Thigh

35

  

V1

15

 
 

Lower leg

12

 

Sickle-shaped vascular**

 

10 (2–52)

(0, 1252)

 

Upper arm

10

  

G1 (0–99), n

72

 
 

Forearm

7

  

G2 (100-), n

13

 
 

Shoulder

4

 

Myxoid area, %*

 

29 ± 37

(0.3, 100)

 

Inguinal region

1

 

Myxoid area, n

0%

35

 
 

Back

4

  

0.1– 0.9%

4

 
 

Chest

4

  

1–49%

15

 
 

Buttocks

5

  

50%

31

 
 

Foot

1

 

INF a/b/c, n

 

43/24/18

 
 

Abdomen

2

 

Tail-like infiltration length (TIL), mm*

 

6 ± 10

(0, 45)

Dermis/Subcutaneous fatty tissue/Muscle

 

18/28/39

 

Cellularity, Low/Medium/High, n

 

15/34/36

 

Margin, n

Positive (R1)

34

 

Hemorrhage area, %**

 

10 (0–20)

(0, 80)

 

Negative (R0)

51

 

Fibrotic change, %**

 

10 (10–30)

(0, 60)

Local recurrence, n

 

22

 

Pleomorphic component, %**

 

40 (20–80)

(0, 100)

Time to local recurrence, month**

 

10 (5–21)

(2, 64)

Epithelioid like component, %**

 

0(0–20)

(0, 100)

Metastasis, n

 

29

 

Inflammatory change, inconspicuous/prominent, n

51/34

  

Time to metastasis, month**

 

8 (4–17)

(0, 40)

Histiocytes accumulation, inconspicuous/prominent, n

75/10

  

Metastatic organs, n

Lung

19

 

Cystic change, inconspicuous/prominent, n

67/18

  
 

Soft tissue

5

 

Rhabdoid cells component, inconspicuous/prominent, n

57/28

  
 

Lymph node

3

 

Giant cell component, inconspicuous/prominent, n

18/67

  
 

Brain

1

 

FNCLCC Grading

G1

13

 
 

Retroperitoneum

1

  

G2

37

 
     

G3

35

 
    

Follow-up period, months after surgery*

 

47 ± 34

(6, 164)

  1. *Values are means ± SD (min, max).
  2. **Values are median (interquartile range).
  3. 1 HPF = 0.2374 mm2.