Table 2

ICR classification and correlations with clinicopathological characteristics

CharacteristicsNICR1ICR2-4P value*
n=491 (34%)n=964 (66%)
Median age (range), years60457.76 (2–91)63.86 (11–93)4.65E−06
Sex
Female333106 (54%)227 (47%)0.0853
Male34889 (46%)259 (53%)
Tumor site
Extremity20858 (40%)150 (43%)0.782
Head and neck92 (1%)7 (2%)
Internal trunk19557 (39%)138 (39%)
Superficial trunk8428 (19%)56 (16%)
Depth
Deep19561 (94%)134 (80%)1.92E−02
Superficial374 (6%)33 (20%)
Pathological type
Leiomyosarcoma341119 (25%)222 (23%)2.59E−11
Liposarcoma476151 (31%)325 (34%)
Undifferentiated sarcoma33086 (18%)244 (26%)
Myxofibrosarcoma10525 (5%)80 (8%)
Other177100 (21%)77 (8%)
Pathological tumor size, median (range), cm24110 (1.6–39.5)9 (1.2–36)0.113
Pathological FNCLCC grade
1–216552 (40%)113 (41%)0.92
324078 (60%)162 (59%)
CINSARC risk
Low763242 (49%)521 (54%)0.0963
High692249 (51%)443 (46%)
  • *Student’s t-test for continuous variables and Fisher’s exact test for discrete variables.

  • FNCLCC, Fédération Nationale des Centers de Lutte Contre le Cancer.