Clarivate Epidemiology’s coverage of soft tissue sarcoma (STS) comprises epidemiological estimates of key patient populations in 45 countries worldwide. We report both the incidence and prevalence of STS for each country, as well as annualized case counts projected to the national population.
Most patient populations are forecast over a period of 20 years for the major mature pharmaceutical markets of the United States, Europe, and Japan and 10 years for the other countries covered in this report. In addition to forecasting incident and prevalent patient populations, we estimate the number of drug-treatment opportunities in specific lines of therapy for the major mature pharmaceutical markets.
Clarivate Epidemiology’s STS forecast will answer the following questions:
In developing countries, what impact will economic growth and development have on the number of first-line drug-treatment opportunities for STS?
How will improvements in survival change the number of people living with STS?
How will demographic trends, such as population aging and improving life expectancy, affect the epidemiology of STS over the forecast period?
All forecast data are available on the Clarivate Insights Platform in tabular format, with options to download to MS Excel. All populations are accompanied by a comprehensive description of the methods and data sources used, with hyperlinks to external sources. A summary evidence table generated as part of our systematic review of the epidemiological literature is also provided for full transparency into research and methods. In addition, we provide a graph depicting the patient flow between or within different disease states for the countries considered in this report. These patient-flow diagrams are provided at the regional level but may be requested for any specific country or forecast year.
In total, Clarivate Epidemiology forecasts 25 STS patient populations that encompass the following:
Diagnosed incident cases of STS by stage.
Diagnosed prevalent cases of STS by resection status.
Diagnosed recurrent cases of STS by site of recurrence.
Literature review (studies included in/excluded from the analyses of STS)
Diagnosed incident cases
Stage distribution
Recurrent incident cases
Diagnosed prevalent cases
Drug-treatable populations
Risk / protective factors applied to disease forecast models
Reference materials
Bibliography
Glossary
Abbreviation table
Natasha Nahar
Natasha Nahar, M.P.H., is an associate epidemiologist at Clarivate. She holds a master’s degree in public health from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai and a bachelor’s degree in dental surgery from BVDU Dental College and Hospital in Sangli.
Narendra Parihar
Narendra Parihar, M.P.H., is a principal epidemiologist at Clarivate. His areas of interest are cancer epidemiology, rare disease epidemiology, and targeted therapies in cancer. A former dentist, he earned his M.P.H. from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai.
