Risk Factors of Survival in Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma

Review Data

Q: Is the topic relevant to the journal area of interest? Is it contemporary and interesting for

researchers?

A: Good

Abstract & Keywords

Q: Are all required components included in the abstract? Are the keywords appropriately chosen?

A: Good

Goal

Q: Is the goal explicitly stated in the Introduction? Is its formulation clear and unambiguous?

A: Good

Structure

Q: Is the paper's structure coherent? Is it in coherence with the goal of the paper?

A: Good

Tools and Methods

Q: Are methods the author uses adequate and well used?

A: Good

Discussion & Conclusion

Q: Is it related to the results presented before? Do you consider them as coherent?

A: Good

Comments: The Discussion explains dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLPS) along with the effects of surgical margins followed by associations between various risk factors on survivability, providing relevant literature. This further describes the site of occurrence of DDLPS and the results of the reported experiment. This report also comes up with the limitations of the NCDB database used for experimentation. The conclusion clearly states that patients with dedifferentiated liposarcoma had an increased risk of mortality if patients present any secondary characteristics.

Literature

Q: Does the author utilize relevant literature?

A: Good

Author's knowledge

Q: What is the level of the author’s knowledge? Does the author utilize all recent contributions relevant to the topic?

A: Good

Length

Q: Is the length of the paper adequate to the significance of the topic? Do you suggest shortening the paper without losing its value?

A: Good

Figures & Tables

Q: Does the author use them suitably? Are legend and notations clear?

A: Good

Writing style

Q: Is it clear and understandable?

A: Good

Comments: In Results, 3rd paragraph, 4^th sentence, “retroperitoneum, peritoneum, or abdomen primary sites in comparison to the extremities” must be “retroperitoneum, peritoneum, or abdominal primary sites in comparison to the extremities”.

Further comments on the paper

Comments: This study aims to explore the associations of varying degrees of surgical margins among other risk factors on survival in patients with dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLPS). This further illustrates the case providing data sources and statistical analyses. Lastly, it gives a brief conclusion stating that there is an increased risk of mortality among patients, if any secondary characteristics is presented after surgery.

Q: Would you recommend this manuscript for further publication?

A: Yes - Suitable to be published

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