title: Soft tissue sarcomas in whites and blacks living in the United States of America.
abstract: Five hundred four hospitals volunteered reports on 2,355 patients in a long-term study and 645 institutes reported on 3,457 in a short-term study. Out of 5,623 cases of soft tissue sarcoma (STS) reported in white and blacks living in the United States of America, 574 cases (10.2%) were reported in blacks. No striking differences were found between blacks and whites concerning anatomic sites, histologic types, histologic grades, or clinical stages of STS. A higher percentage of patients with recurrences were reported in whites with liposarcoma (37.7% compared to 28.9% in blacks), and leiomyosarcoma (45% in whites compared to 39.1% in blacks). On the other hand recurrences were more frequent in fibrosarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma in black patients. No significant differences in survival was found between white and black patients with STS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Statistics, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria, Egypt.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaki
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mettlin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000473:pathology; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000473:pathology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People; D001741:Black or African American