TABLE 1. Patient data
Case No.
Age (y)
Sex
Tumor size (cm)
Site
IA cycles
Arteriographic response
Histological response
Diagnosis date
OR typea
MSTS
FU (mo)
First relapse
Status
1 18 M 8 Femur, distal 3 <90% 50% 5/15/1987 1 100% 166 CDF
2 10 M >10 Humerus, proximal 4 >90% 95% 11/20/1987 1 63% 158 CDF
3 20 F 7 Tibia, proximal 4 >90% >90% 4/7/1988 1 60% 145 CDF
4 9 M <10 Humerus, proximal 5 >90% >90% 6/15/1988 1 73% 158 CDF
5 11 M <10 Femur, distal 4 >90% 95% 6/29/1988 1 47% 164 CDF
6 15 M <10 Femur, distal 5 >90% 95% 10/28/1988 3 NA 115 DOO
7 17 M 10 Femur, distal 4 >90% 80% 10/12/1989 1 23% 127 CDF
8 19 M 18 Tibia, proximal 4 >90% 99% 10/13/1989 1 83% 141 CDF
9 18 M >10 Femur, distal 4 >90% >90% 11/17/1989 1 83% 134 CDF
10 16 M >10 Fibula, proximal 5 <90% 95% 1/15/1990 1 NA 91 January 1994 DOD
11 18 M <10 Tibia, proximal 5 >90% 95% 4/4/1990 1 67% 139 CDF
12 19 M >10 Fibula, proximal 4 >90% 95% 5/15/1990 1 100% 128 CDF
13 13 M >10 Femur, distal 4 >90% 95% 8/24/1990 2 80% 113 CDF
14 13 M <10 Femur, distal 4 >90% 99% 9/14/1990 1 40% 134 CDF
15 11 M <10 Humerus, proximal 4 >90% 95% 12/3/1990 1 70% 127 CDF
16 18 F >10 Femur, distal 4 >90% 95% 5/9/1991 1 90% 44 CDF
17 10 M 12 Humerus, proximal 4 >90% 95% 6/7/1991 1 70% 120 October 1993 NED
18 9 F >10 Femur, distal 5 >90% 99% 7/10/1991 1 43% 116 CDF
19 16 M >10 Femur, distal 4 <90% <90% 10/1/1991 2 50% 119 CDF
20 15 M <10 Femur, distal 3 <90% <90% 2/13/1992 1 NA 28 December 1992 DOD
21 7 F <10 Femur, distal 3 >90% >90% 3/19/1992 2 63% 102 CDF
22 18 M <10 Ulna, mid 4 >90% 95% 5/27/1992 1 100% 111 CDF
23 12 M <10 Femur, mid 4 >90% 99% 9/18/1992 1 87% 93 CDF
24 16 F >10 Tibia, proximal 4 >90% >90% 10/2/1992 2 NA 33 October 1994 DOD
25 10 M <10 Femur, distal 4 >90% 98% 12/9/1992 3 70% 105 CDF
26 8 M <10 Humerus, proximal 4 >90% 96% 1/14/1993 1 77% 104 CDF
27 16 F 12 Femur, distal 3 >90% 95% 5/4/1993 1 30% 98 CDF
28 10 M 11 Femur, distal 3 >90% 95% 8/6/1993 1 90% 101 CDF
29 16 M 15 Femur, distal 4 >90% 99% 9/15/1993 1 47% 95 CDF
30 18 F 11 Femur, distal 4 >90% 100% 2/15/1994 1 37% 97 CDF
31 11 F 9 Femur, distal 5 >90% 95% 4/28/1994 1 100% 88 CDF
32 13 F 10 Tibia, proximal 3 >90% 100% 4/28/1995 1 93% 76 October 1996 NED
33 16 F 10 Femur, distal 4 >90% 95% 7/3/1995 1 90% 77 CDF
34 16 F 9 Tibia, proximal 4 >90% 99% 7/10/1995 1 90% 71 CDF
35 13 M >10 Femur, distal 4 <90% 99% 3/12/1996 1 93% 70 March 1997 NED
36 20 M 3 Femur, distal 3 >90% 99% 10/23/1996 1 37% 52 CDF
37 18 M 5 Femur, distal 3 >90% 95% 2/7/1997 1 43% 58 CDF
38 15 F 11 Femur, distal 3 >90% 95% 6/5/1997 1 80% 50 CDF
39 17 M 9 Tibia, mid 3 >90% 95% 8/12/1997 1 97% 48 CDF
40 18 M 15 Tibia, proximal 4 <90% 80% 4/8/1998 1 80% 36 October 2000 NED
41 17 M 7 Femur, distal 4 >90% 95% 7/7/1998 1 83% 38 CDF
42 20 M 8 Femur, distal 4 >90% 98% 11/22/1998 1 47% 27 CDF
43 9 F 11 Femur, distal 4 <90% 50% 8/31/1999 3 43% 24 CDF
44 18 M 19 Femur, mid 4 >90% 95% 1/27/2000 1 20% 22 CDF
45 14 M 12 Tibia, proximal 4 >90% >90% 4/21/2000 1 100% 22 CDF
46 15 F 9 Femur, distal 3 >90% 99% 5/30/2000 1 100% 20 CDF
47 7 M 7 Femur, distal 4 >90% 95% 6/8/2000 1 80% 21 CDF

IA, intra-arterial; MSTS, Musculoskeletal Tumor Society Functional Evaluation; CDF, continuously disease free; NED, no evidence of disease; DOD, died of disease; DOO, died of other causes (i.e., motor vehicle accident); NA, not available.
a OR type = definitive surgery performed following neoadjuvant chemotherapy. 1, limb-salvage surgery; 2, primary amputation; 3, secondary amputation following complication after limb-salvage surgery.