Table 1 Patient and disease features according to imaging technique used for follow-up
From: Osteosarcoma follow-up: chest X-ray or computed tomography?
|
X-ray 100 pts |
CT 112 pts | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | |||
| Range | 6–43 | 6–42 | .7 |
| Median | 15 | 16 | |
| Sex | |||
| F | 42 (42%) | 42 (38%) | .5 |
| M | 58 (58%) | 70 (62%) | |
| Site | |||
| Femur | 49 (49%) | 56 (50%) | .9 |
| Tibia | 30 (30%) | 32 (29%) | |
| Humerus | 16 (16%) | 19 (17%) | |
| Other | 5 (5%) | 5 (4%) | |
| Histological response | (90 pts) | (94 pts) | .02 |
| Good | 62 (69%) | 49 (52%) | |
| Poor | 28 (31%) | 45 (48%) | |