Symptom Burden, Survival and Palliative Care in Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Table 1

Demographics and tumour-specific details.

Demographic- and tumour-specific factors:	Number	%
Number:	81
Male	35	43.2
Female	46	56.8
Median age at death (Range)	55 (18–84)
Histology:
Leiomyosarcoma	23	28.4
Liposarcoma	12	14.8
Angiosarcoma	7	8.6
Synovial sarcoma	6	7.4
Sarcoma—(Not other specified)	6	7.4
Other	27	33.4
Disease status at referral:
Locally advanced/“inoperable”	22	27.2
Metastatic	59	72.8
Metastasis at referral:
Single organ	42	71.2
Multiple organ	17	28.8
Site of metastases at referral:
Lung	38	64.4
Liver	12	20.3
Soft tissue	15	25.4
Bone	9	15.3
Other	9	15.3