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Table 1 Demographic information

From: First line palliative chemotherapy in elderly patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma

  

Number

%

Patients

 

120

 

Male

68

56.7

Female

52

43.3

Median age (range) in years

 

73 (65–86)

 

Histology

Rhabdomyosarcoma

8

6.7

Angiosarcoma

17

14.2

Liposarcoma

10

8.3

Myofibroblastic tumour

8

6.7

Synovial

2

1.7

Undifferentiated

36

30

Leiomyosarcoma

33

27.5

Other

6

5

Disease status

Locally advanced

36

30

Metastatic

84

70

Sites of metastatic disease

Lung

61

 

Liver

15

Bone

7

Other

14

Age Adjusted Charlson Index

2

7

5.8

3

17

14.2

4

4

3.3

5

3

2.5

6

5

4.2

8

24

20

9

37

30.8

10

10

8.3

>10

13

10.8

Anaemia*

 

65

54.2

LDH > 250U/L

 

71

59.2

Lymphopenia (<1×10 9 /L)

 

34

28.3

Hypoalbuminemia (<35 g/L)

 

48

40

  1. *Haemoglobin < 13 g/L for males, <11.5 g/L females.