Characteristics and Treatment Patterns of Patients with Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

A soft tissue sarcoma (STS) is a rare type of cancer, accounting for 1% of adult solid cancers. The aim of the present study is to determine the incidence of localized and advanced STS in Korean patients, their treatment patterns, and the survival of patients by disease status.

Materials and methods

The STS patient cohort was defined using National Health Insurance Service medical data from 2002 to 2015. Incidence, distribution, anatomical location of tumors, survival rates (Kaplan-Meyer survival function) and treatment patterns were analyzed by applying different algorithms to the STS cohort containing localized and advanced STS cases.

Results

A total of 7,813 patients were diagnosed with STS from 2007 to 2014, 4,307 were localized STS and 3,506 advanced STS

SUBMITTER: Kim HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6790845 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature