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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: Impact of a specialised palliative care intervention in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma – a single-centre retrospective analysis

Characteristic

Total (n = 34)

Gender n (%)

 male

19 (54)

 female

15 (46)

Age at admission (years)

 mean (range)

59 (21–80)

Tumour subtypes n (%)

 Leiomyosarcoma

6 (17)

 Angiosarcoma

4 (12)

 Liposarcoma

3 (9)

 MPNST

3 (9)

 Pleomorphic sarcoma

3 (9)

 Synovial sarcoma

3 (9)

 Others

12 (35)

Tumour stage at diagnosis n (%)

 curative

14 (41)

 locally adcanced

7 (21)

 metastasized

13 (38)

Tumour stage on admission n (%)

 locally advanced

5 (15)

 metastasized

29 (85)

Disease duration until admission (months)

 mean (range)

24 (1–125)

Patients with initial surgery n (%)

 yes

25 (74)

 no

9 (26)

Patients with previous treatment lines n (%)

 0

2 (6)

  ≥ 1

32 (94)

Patients with previous radiation n (%)

 yes

25 (74)

 no

9 (26)

Palliative care interventions n (%)

 1

22 (67)

 2

4 (12)

 3 or more

7 (21)

  1. n number, MPNST malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor