Table 5 Review of the literature: identified prognostic factors of pleomorphic liposarcoma
From: Survivorship and prognostic factors for pleomorphic liposarcoma: a population-based study
Author | Journal, year of publication‡ | N§ | Prognostic factor |
|---|---|---|---|
Gebhard et al.† | AJSP, 2002 | 63 | Age, truncal location, deep situation, size, vascular invasion, incomplete tumor excision; not grade and histology |
Hornick et al. | AJSP, 2004 | 57 | Age, central location, size, low mitotic rate, surgical margins and radiotherapy; not deep location and histology |
Gardner et al. | AJSP, 2012 | 29 | No statistical analysis |
Oliveira et al.† | SDP, 2001 | 24 | Upper extremities, size; not sex, age, histology, radiotherapy and chemotherapy |
Downes et al. | MP, 2001 | 19 | No statistical analysis |