title: [Prognostic factors and treatment of 74 patients with dermatofibro-sarcoma protuberans].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze treatment and prognostic factors of 74 patients with dermatofibro-sarcoma protuberans (DFSP).
  
  
  METHODS
  From August 1990 to November 1999, 74 patients with DFSP confirmed pathologically were treated. There were 52 males and 22 females with a median age of 37 years (range 4 to 80 years) on diagnosis. Seventeen patients were treated by extensive excision and 2 by limited excision. Fifty-two patients had surgical resection alone (S), and 22 postoperative radiotherapy (S + R) of 50-70 Gy. The multivariate parameters were analyzed using Cox model. Kaplan-Meier and Log-Rank test were used to evaluate the results of the recurrence-free survival.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The rate of recurrence was 28.4% for all patients. The 5-year recurrence-free survival rate (RFSR) was 66.6% and the 10-year RFSR was 52.5%. The 5-year and 10-year in the S group were 58.4% and 41.2%, compared with 90.0% and 83.3% in the S + R group (P < 0.05). The 5-year and 10-year RFSR in the pathologically positive margin group were 57.5% and 41.4% respectively, compared with the 75.0% and 56.6% in the pathologically negative group (P < 0.05). Multivariate analysis suggested radiotherapy and negative pathological margins were favorable prognostic factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Post-operation radiotherapy and pathological margin are the independent prognostic factors.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China. bedgoody@pub.guangzhou.gd.cn
authors.forename: Meng-zhong
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiu-shen
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Er-cheng
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Nian-ji
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Cui
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018223:Dermatofibrosarcoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*