Wide Local Excision for Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans: A Single-Center Series of 90 Patients

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of 90 patients with DFSP.

Factors	Number of patients			Percentage (%)
Sex
Male		53		58.9
Female		37		41.1
	Male	Female	Total
Age
0–9	3	0	3	3.3
10–19	4	6	10	11.1
20–29	15	6	21	23.3
30–39	15	12	27	30.0
40–49	9	6	15	16.7
50–59	6	6	12	13.3
60–69	1	0	1	1.1
70–79	0	1	1	1.1
	Male	Female	Total
Location
Head/neck	5	6	11	12.2
Abdomen/chest	19	9	28	31.1
Back	9	9	18	20.0
Shoulder girdle	6	4	10	11.1
Inguinal girdle	1	1	2	2.2
Upper extremities	7	1	8	8.9
Lower extremities	6	7	13	14.4
Tumor size
<30 mm			58	64.4
30–50 mm			19	21.1
>50 mm			5	5.6
Unknown			8	8.9
Clinical presentation
Primary			77	85.6
Recurred			13	14.4
Number of recurrences
1			7	7.8
2			4	4.4
≥3			2	2.2
Duration prior to surgery (onset)
1 year			25	27.8
2 years			9	10.0
3 years			9	10.0
>3 years			29	32.2
Unknown			18	20.0

DFSP: dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans.