Time and Accuracy to Establish the Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Tumors: A Comparative Analysis from the Swiss Sarcoma Network

Table 1

Patient and tumor characteristics.

Total	347
Institution A	198 (57%)
Institution B	149 (43%)
Male	168 (48.5%)
Female	179 (51.5%)
Median age	55 (range 12–90) years
Benign diagnosis	163 (46.9%)
Intermediate diagnosis	66 (19%)
Malignant diagnosis	114 (32.8%)
Unclassified diagnosis	4 (1.2%)