Clear surgical margins as a prognostic indicator for disease recurrence, with no impact on survival rates in patients with myxofibrosarcoma.

Sci Rep · 2024 · PMC11133331 · PMID 38806595

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a negative trendp = 0.096so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

There was a negative trend when a patient had the first operation in a non-sarcoma center, but this effect was not confirmed (HR 2.1 [95% CI 0.9–4.9]; p = 0.096).

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a positive trendp = 0.275not close (p > 0.1)

On the other hand, there was a positive trend with a margin of more than 2 mm (HR 0.6 [95% CI 0.2–1.5]; p = 0.275) (Table 4 ).

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