Abstract
Optimal treatments of patients aged >40 years with osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma and of patients with other types of bone sarcoma have not yet been established. The clinical characteristics of 746 patients with primary bone sarcomas aged >40 years listed in the nationwide tumor registry (Bone and Soft Tissue Tumor Registry of Japan) were investigated. Patients with Ewing sarcoma, conventional chondrosarcoma, multiple myeloma, and malignant lymphoma were excluded. The effects of adjuvant chemotherapy were determined by comparing outcomes in patients aged 40-70 years with non-metastatic high grade bone tumors who received surgery plus chemotherapy with those who underwent surgery alone. Axial site tumors (38.6%) and distant metastasis at presentation (21.4%) were frequent in patients aged >40 years with primary bone sarcomas. Chemotherapy was administered to 407 (54.6%) patients. Their 5-year overall survival (OS) and progression free survival (PFS) rates were 47.6% and 39.8%, respectively. Multivariate analysis showed that distant metastases at presentation, histological high grade, and radiation therapy were significantly correlated with both OS and PFS. Age and tumor size were also significantly correlated with OS. Patients aged 40-70 years who underwent surgery plus chemotherapy and those who underwent surgery alone had 5-year OS rates of 69.3% and 63.2%, respectively (p=0.092), and 5-year PFS rates of 55.4% and 50.7%, respectively (p=0.63). Bone sarcoma patients aged >40 years had distinct clinical features and a poor prognosis. Chemotherapy did not improve OS or PFS in patients aged 40-70 years.
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