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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence
Incidence
Case Fatality Rate
Age
- The incidence of epithelioid sarcoma increases between ages of 10 and 39 and the average age of presentation was 27 years.[1]
Gender
- Males are more commonly affected with epithelioid sarcoma than female.[2] The male to female ratio is approximately 1.8:1.
Race
- Epithelioid sarcoma of upper extremity usually affects individuals of the Caucasian race.
References
- ↑ Jacobs AJ, Michels R, Stein J, Levin AS (2015). "Improvement in Overall Survival from Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma over Twenty Years". Sarcoma. 2015: 279601. doi:10.1155/2015/279601. PMC 4363656. PMID 25821397.
- ↑ Archer, I; Brown, R; Fitton, J (1984). "Epithelioid sarcoma in the hand". The Journal of Hand Surgery: British & European Volume. 9 (2): 207–209. doi:10.1016/S0266-7681(84)80035-2. ISSN 0266-7681.