Description

Callegaro et al reported 2 nomograms for predicting outcomes of a patient with a soft tissue sarcoma of an extremity. One nomogram predicts distant metastases. The authors are from multiple institutions in Europe, the United States and Canada.


Patient selection: localized soft tissue sarcoma of an extremity

 

Parameters:

(1) maximum diameter in cm

(2) histologic grade

(3) histologic type

 

Diameter

Points

1 to 10

(-0.4363 * ((diam)^2)) + (12.13 * (diam)) - 12.56

10 to 35

(-0.01046 * ((diam)^2)) + (1.85 * (diam)) + 47.79

 

 

Parameter

Finding

Points

grade

Grade 1

0

 

Grade 2

43.1

 

Grade 3

58.3

type

myxoid liposarcoma

6.1

 

undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS)

15.5

 

dedifferentiated or pleomorphic liposarcoma

7.6

 

myxofibrosarcoma

0

 

MPNST

18.6

 

other

24.1

 

leiomyosarcoma

39.5

 

synovial sarcoma

29.4

 

vascular sarcoma

39.5

 

total score =

= SUM(points for all of the parameters)

 

Interpretation:

minimum score: 0

maximum score: 238.8

 

Score

Value of X

2 to 123

(0.03086 * (score)) - 4.718

123 to 196

(0.0003295 * ((score)^2)) - (0.05389 * (score)) + 0.8088

 

Total Score

10-Year Risk Distant Metastases

<= 196

1/ (1 + EXP((-1) * X))

> 196

> 95%

 

Performance:

The area under the ROC curve is 0.76.


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