Research Article

Myxoid Liposarcoma: Prognostic Factors and Metastatic Pattern in a Series of 148 Patients Treated at a Single Institution

Table 2

Surgical margins, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, local recurrence, and metastasis.

Wide/radicalMarginalIntralesional
Margin105412

PreoperativePostoperative
Radiotherapy4163

ChemotherapyNeoadjuvantAdjuvant
2529

Local recurrence15 (10%)8 (wide/radical surgery),7 (marginal surgery)

Metastasis20 (14%)7 (wide/radical surgery),15 (marginal surgery)

Site metastasis55% extrapulmonary, 45% pulmonary (9 lung, 2 liver, 5 spine, 1 peritoneum, 1 kidney, 1 dorsal soft tissue, and 1 chest wall)