Treatment of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with Mohs micrographic surgery is associated with lower odds of postoperative radiotherapy compared to wide local excision

Bernice Y Yan; Marcus L Elias; Priya Duvvuri; Andrew Strunk; Amit Garg; Victoria R Sharon

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2022.08.049

Treatment of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with Mohs micrographic surgery is associated with lower odds of postoperative radiotherapy compared to wide local excision

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 Mar;88(3):700-702. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.08.049. Epub 2022 Sep 2.

Authors

Bernice Y Yan¹, Marcus L Elias¹, Priya Duvvuri¹, Andrew Strunk¹, Amit Garg¹, Victoria R Sharon²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New Hyde Park, New York.
² Department of Dermatology, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New Hyde Park, New York. Electronic address: vsharon@northwell.edu.

PMID: 36063985
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.08.049

No abstract available

Keywords: DFSP; Mohs; NCDB; National Cancer Database; chemotherapy; dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans; excision; postoperative; radiation; radiotherapy; surgery.

MeSH terms

Dermatofibrosarcoma* / surgery
Dermatologic Surgical Procedures
Humans
Mohs Surgery
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
Skin Neoplasms* / surgery