Distribution of 37 STS cases residing in the study area according to histology, gender, and site
| Non-visceral sites | Visceral sites | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morphology | ICD-O* code | Men | Women | Men | Women | Total |
| *ICD-O, International Classification of Diseases for Oncology.16 | ||||||
| †NOS, no other specification. | ||||||
| ‡Uterus. | ||||||
| §Lung. | ||||||
| ¶Stomach (1), thyroid (1). | ||||||
| **Uterus (3), stomach (1), ileum (2). | ||||||
| ††Breast. | ||||||
| Sarcoma, NOS† | 8800/3 | – | – | – | 2‡ | 2 |
| Spindle cell sarcoma | 8801/3 | – | 1 | – | 1§ | 2 |
| Fibrosarcoma | 8810/3 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Fibromyxosarcoma | 8811/3 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Malignant fibrous histiocytoma | 8830/3 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 4 |
| Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans | 8832/3 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 6 |
| Myxosarcoma | 8840/3 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Liposarcoma, NOS† | 8850/3 | 5 | – | – | – | 5 |
| Liposarcoma, well differentiated | 8851/3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Liposarcoma, myxoid | 8852/3 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Leiomyosarcoma, NOS† | 8890/3 | 1 | – | 2¶ | 6** | 9 |
| Angiosarcoma | 9120/3 | – | – | – | 1†† | 1 |
| Subtotal | 15 | 10 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Total | 25 | 12 | 37 | |||