Research Article
Intraoperative Radiotherapy in the Management of Locally Recurrent Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Table 2
Treatment characteristics.
| Treatment characteristic | Number of patients (%) |
| Surgical margins | | Positive | 12 (46%) | Close (≤2 mm) | 7 (27%) | Negative | 7 (27%) |
| Radiation therapy | | EBRT prior to recurrence | 15 (58%) | Median dose (range) | 63 Gy (25–72) | EBRT following IORT | 11 (42%) | Median dose (range) | 52 Gy (22–60) | IORT cone size | | Median | 7 cm | Range | 3–10 cm | IORT dose | | Median | 15 Gy | Range | 10–18 Gy |
| Chemotherapy ( = 24) | | As part of initial therapy | 6 (25%) | Peri-IORT | 13 (54%) | Peri-IORT chemotherapy schedule | | Pre-IORT alone | 6 (25%) | Post-IORT alone | 6 (25%) | Pre- & Post-IORT | 1 (4%) |
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