Research Article

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

Table 3

Review of the literature regarding the clinical characteristics and surgical outcome in the treatment of DFSP.

AuthorsPublishing yearStudy designNumber of patients (male/female)Age (years)Resection
margin (cm)
Adjuvant treatmentOverall recurrence rate (%)Recurrence period
(months)
Follow-up period (years)

Smola et al. [15]1991Retrospective20NR1.0–5.0NR30.0 NR8.8
Rutgers et al. [16]1992Retrospective11NR>2.0NR0.0 NR13.2 (2–28)
Stojadinovic et al. [17]2001Retrospective 14 (6/8)37 (26–73)≥2.0 (12),
<2.0 (2)
NR7.0 NR8.4 (1.0–15.6)
Chang et al. [18]2004Retrospective60 (23/37)36 (10–70)3.1 (1.0–6.0)RT (3)16.7 38.0 (1–100)4.9
Monnier et al. [4]2006Retrospective66 (36/30)32.8 (0–67)<0.9–5.0NR27.0 31.8 9.6
Popov et al. [19]2007Prospective40 (22/18)453.1 NR0.0 NR3.3
Paradisi et al. [10]2008Retrospective38 (16/22)44 (10–83)2.0–5.0NR13.0 NR4.8 (2–10)
Heuvel et al.[20]2010Retrospective38 (19/11)38 (8–77)2.0–3.0RT (8)10.5 NR (81, 11)7.4 (1.0–21.8)
Farma et al. [21]2010Retrospective204 (76/128)41 (1–84)2.0 (0.5–3.0)RT (9)1.0 48.5 (13–84)5.3 (0.1–17.5)
Cai et al. [22]2012Retrospective22338 (11–80)>1.5RT (34)8.5 18.5 (3–129)7.0 (0.6–23.8)
Hamid et al. [23]2013Retrospective45 (30/15)38.4 (7–65)2.0–3.0NR22.2 32.0 5.7 (0.5–13)
Goldberg et al. [11] 2015Retrospective25 (8/17)46.1 (12–84)2.8 RT (1)0.0 NR9.0
Our studyRetrospective90 (53/37) 34.6 (0–78)3.0 (1.0–5.0)RT (6)
RT + C (2)
5.5 10.0 (5–14)3.6 (0.1–23.5)

DFSP: dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, RT: radiation, and NR: not recorded.