Current patterns of care and outcomes for dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: An international multi-institutional collaborative.

Winer, Leah K; Akumuo, Rita; Fredette, Jordan D; Deng, Mengying; Hasler, Jill S; Greco, Stephanie H; von Mehren, Margaret; Bartholomew, Alex J; Blazer, Dan G; Gabrielova, Lucie; Adamkova, Dagmar; Bernard-Bedard, Ericka; Nessim, Carolyn; Kollár, Attila; Olariu, Radu; Cencelj-Arnez, Romi; Hompes, Daphne; Ford, Samuel J; Cardona, Kenneth; Sato, Kenji; ... (2024). Current patterns of care and outcomes for dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: An international multi-institutional collaborative. (In Press). Cancer Wiley 10.1002/cncr.35468

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BACKGROUND

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a cutaneous sarcoma with an infiltrative growth pattern that makes it challenging to clear margins. High quality data regarding DFSP natural history, management, and outcomes are limited.

METHODS

Data were retrospectively collected for adult DFSP patients who underwent resection at 10 institutions in eight countries. Demographics, tumor characteristics, treatment strategies, and outcomes were analyzed.

RESULTS

Analysis included 347 patients consisting of young (median, 42 years), White (76.2%), males (54.2%) with truncal lesions (57.3%). The majority (76.8%) were symptomatic at presentation. Preoperative imaging was used in 55.9% of cases. Diagnosis was established with excisional biopsy in 50.9% versus incisional biopsy in 25.0% of cases. Despite planned margins of >1.0 cm in 67.4% of cases, only 69.0% of patients achieved R0 resection. Twenty-two percent of patients underwent at least one re-excision. R0 resection was achieved at a second procedure in 80.2% and a third procedure in 86.2%. Ultimately, R0 resection was feasible in 89.5% of all patients. Fibrosarcomatous transformation (FST) was observed in 12.6%. In total, 6.6% (N = 23) recurred (17 local, six distant). Of the six distant recurrences, 50.0% had FST. With a median follow-up of 47.0 months, disease-specific survival rate was 98.8%. In multivariable analysis, R0 margins at index resection were associated with wider circumferential margins and non-FST histology.

CONCLUSIONS

In this international, multicenter collaborative, DFSP practice patterns were heterogeneous but achieved favorable recurrence rates and survival. Multiple excisions to clear margins remain commonplace and can inform future efforts to optimize margin selection.

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