Epidemiology of Adult Soft-Tissue Sarcomas in Germany.

ABSTRACT: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data compiled from the regional German cancer registries by the Centre for Cancer Registry Data (ZfKD) at the Robert Koch Institut (RKI) to describe the epidemiology of adult soft-tissue sarcomas (STS) in Germany in 2003-2012, focusing on advanced STS. We identified 33,803 incident adult cases of STS (other than the Kaposi sarcoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumors). The incidence of STS was 6.05 (95% confidence interval (CI), 5.82-6.29) per 100,000 in 2012 (4,079 cases). During 2003-2012, the most common histologic categories were leiomyosarcoma (19%), liposarcoma (16%), and STS not otherwise specified (14%). The overall STS-specific mortality rate in 2012 was 2.31 (95% CI, 2.06-2.57) per 100,000, and the median overall survival from initia

SUBMITTER: Saltus CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5904765 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature