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Table 1 Distribution of Clinical Pathologic, and Treatment Characteristics

From: Fibrosarcomatous changes and expression of CD34+ and apolipoprotein-D in dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

Number of patients identified

40

Sex

 

   Female

18 (45%)

   Male

22 (55%)

Site of primary

 

   Limbs

24 (60%)

   Trunk

16 (40%)

Age

 

   Median (min-max)

39 yrs (4-80)

Histology

 

   DFSP

27 (67.5%)

   FS-DFSP

13 (32.5%)

Metastases at presentation

 

   None

37 (92.5%)

   Limphonodal

3 (7.5%)

Previous surgical treatment

 

   Yes

36 (90%)

   No

4 (10%)

Median n° of operations (min-max)

1 (1-5)

Margins *

 

   Wide

28 (72%)

   Marginal

5 (13%)

   Intralesional

6 (15%)

Radiotherapy

 

   Yes

11 (27%)

   No

29 (73%)

Chemotherapy

 

   Yes

3 (7.5%)

   No

37 (92.5%)

  1. * margins were available in the 39 patients surgically treated