Clinical Study
The Use of Radiation Therapy in the Management of Selected Patients with Atypical Lipomas
Table 3
Summary of outcomes reported for atypical lipomas in select series.
| Author | Year | No. of patients | Mean FU (M) | LR | Dedifferentiation | ā | (%) | (%) |
| Evans et al. [12] | 1979 | 22 | ā | 9 (41%) | 0 | Azumi et al. [7] | 1987 | 48 | 84 | 7 (15) | 0 | Weiss and Rao [8] | 1992 | 46 | 108 | 20 (46) | 3 (7) | Lucas et al. [9] | 1994 | 32 | 112 | 15 (47) | 6 (19) | Rozental et al. [13] | 2002 | 31 | 84 | 16 (52) | 2 (6) | Kooby et al. [3] |
2004 | 91 | 47 | 20 (22) | 3 (3) | Bassett et al. [14] |
2005 | 51 | 52 | 14 (27) | 1 (2) | Sommerville et al. [15] | 2005 | 61 | 50 | 5 (8) | 0 |
Evans [5] | 2007 | 11a | >120 | 1 (9) | 0 | Serpell and Chen [10] | 2007 | 6b | 18 | 3 (50) | 1 (17) | Billing et al. [4] | 2008 | 38 | 90 | 4 (10) | 0 | Mavrogenis et al. [6] | 2011 | 67 | 81 | 5 (11) | 1 (2) |
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FU indicates follow-up, M: months, LR: local recurrence.
aExtremity lipomas only, batypical lipomas only.
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