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Table 5 Overall survival by treatment status and histologic categories

From: Treatment patterns and survival among older adults in the United States with advanced soft-tissue sarcomas

Overall

Survival from initial diagnosis of advanced STS

Total

Died

Censored

Median length of survival (in months)

95% CI

All advanced STS patients

4274

3565

709

8.9

8.3

9.7

Treatment status

 Received cancer-directed treatment

2656

2185

471

13.6

12.9

14.6

 Received supportive care only

1618

1380

238

2.8

2.6

3.4

Histologic categories

 Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic sarcomas

227

160

67

21.4

15.6

26.8

 Leiomyosarcomas

922

781

141

12.9

10.9

14.6

 Liposarcomas

554

395

159

21.1

17.4

27.1

 Nerve sheath sarcomas

106

88

18

6.2

3.6

9.3

 Rhabdomyosarcomas

98

3.0

1.8

5.7

 Synovial sarcomas

49

8.6

5.3

13.8

 Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcomas

652

539

113

9.6

8.2

11.4

 Vascular sarcomas

357

327

30

6.0

4.8

7.3

 Others/NOS

1309

1139

170

5.4

4.8

6.1

  1. CI confidence interval, NOS not otherwise specified, STS soft-tissue sarcoma