Andrea Baudo, Mattia Luca Piccinelli, Reha-Baris Incesu, Simone Morra, Lukas Scheipner, Francesco Barletta, Stefano Tappero, Cristina Cano Garcia, Anis Assad, Zhe Tian, Pietro Acquati, Ottavio de Cobelli, Nicola Longo, Alberto Briganti, Carlo Terrone, Felix K H Chun, Derya Tilki, Sascha Ahyai, Fred Saad, Shahrokh F Shariat, Luca Carmignani, Pierre I Karakiewicz
INTRODUCTION: In soft tissue pelvic liposarcoma and leiomyosarcoma, it is unknown whether a specific tumor size cut-off may help to better predict prognosis, defined as cancer-specific survival (CSS). We tested whether different tumor size cut-offs, could improve CSS prediction. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Surgically treated non-metastatic soft tissue pelvic sarcoma patients were identified (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results 2004-2019). Kaplan-Meier plots, univariable and multivariable Cox-regression models and receiver operating characteristic-derived area under the curve (AUC) estimates were used...
April 9, 2024: Surgical Oncology