Open AccessOutcome of wide local excision in dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans and use of radiotherapy for margin-positive disease
Author(s) -
Rizwan Hamid,
Adil Hafeez,
Mohd Ashraf Darzi,
Zaroo Inaam,
Altaf Rasool,
Haroon Rashid
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5178.110591
Subject(s) - dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans , medicine , margin (machine learning) , dermatology , wide local excision , radiation therapy , outcome (game theory) , dermatofibrosarcoma , surgery , machine learning , computer science , mathematics , mathematical economics
Wide local excision (WLE) is the preferred treatment of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP). The aim is to achieve negtive margins. We followed the impact of radiotherapy used postoperatively for both margin-negative and margin-positive DFSP tumors.