title: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of soft tissue. Correlation between clinical variables and histologic malignancy grade.
abstract: The prognosis for malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of soft tissue is correlated to histologic malignancy grade but also has been related to tumor size, depth, and location. In a consecutive series of 61 patients with MFH we found that large, deep-seated and thigh tumors were more often highly malignant histologically. This finding suggests that the prognostic significance which has been attributed to the clinical variables may be a function of their covariation with histologic malignancy grade.
mesh_terms: D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013848:Thigh