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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of studied population

From: Evaluation of outcomes in the management of primary sporadic desmoid-type fibromatosis at a specialist soft tissue sarcoma unit

 

N (%)

WW

Surgery

N (%)

N (%)

Age at time of diagnosis

39.4

38.9

40.8(15.4;18–74)

years mean (SD; range)

(16.3; 16–90)

(16.7;13–90)

 

Gender

Male

30(31.6%)

17(25.8%)

12(42.9%)

Female

65(68.4%)

49(74.2%)

16(57.1%)

Hormonal association (pregnancy)

Yes

29(30.5%)*

25(37.9%)

4(14.3%)

Tumour location

Abdominal wall

47(49.5%)

40(60.6%)

7(25%)

Superficial trunk**

21(22.1%)

17(25.8%)

4(14.3%)

Intra-abdominal

26(27.4%)

9(13.6%)

17(60.7%)

Beta catenin on IHC

 + ve

67(70.5%)

43(65.2%)

23(34.8%)

−ve

11(11.6%)

10(15.2%)

1(3.6%)

Incomplete/no record

17(17.9%)

  

Tumour size

 < 5 cm

33(34.7%)

23(34.8%)

10(35.7%)

5-10 cm

47(49.5%)

35(53.0%)

11(39.3%)

 > 10 cm

15(15.8%)

8(12.1%)

7(25%)

  1. IHC immunohistochemistry
  2. n = 52 female patients of childbearing age
  3. ** Extra-abdominal trunk tumours included a wide range of locations including the neck, chest wall, axilla, breast and ischio-rectal fossa