Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Oncology, Soft tissues / Skin, CT, Diagnostic procedure, Cancer
Authors:
T. Tan, D. Loh, T. Lo, M. Bressel, M. Chua, V. Estall, M. Johnston, K. Pope; VIC/AU
DOI:
10.1594/ranzcr2016/R-0025
Imaging findings OR Procedure details
Figure 1.
Most recurrences (49%) occurred within the first two years after resection.
There was a significant drop off in the rate of progression of disease after this time,
with the cumulative incidence of recurrences increasing to 56% at three years,
60% at five years,
and 68% at ten years.
Figure 2.
Although a trend is seen,
sub-staging (IIIa,
IIIb,
IIIc) was not statistically significantly associated with OS and PFS in our study.
Sub-staging was only correlated with PFS through its correlation with ECE; Stage IIIC had the highest correlation with presence of ECE,
followed by stage IIIB,
and then IIIA.
Figure 3.
The only variable that was statistically significant in determining prognosis in our study was ECE (using a multivariate model).