Table 1 Patients, tumour and treatment characteristics

From: Isolated limb perfusion for unresectable extremity cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma; an effective limb saving strategy

 

N (%)

Median (range)

Gender

  Male

15 (50)

 

  Female

15 (50)

 

Age

  In years

 

71 (36–92)

Sizea

  ≤5 cm

10 (38)

 

  >5 cm

16 (62)

 

Site

  Arm

3 (10)

 

  Hand or wrist

5 (17)

 

  Leg

16 (53)

 

  Ankle or foot

7 (20)

 

Number of tumours

  Unifocal

24 (80)

 

  Multifocal

6 (20)

 

Disease stage cSCC at presentation

  Primary

18 (60)

 

  Recurrent

10 (33)

 

  Metastatic

2 (7)

 

Concurrent metastasis

  None

25 (83)

 

  Lymph node

3 (10)

 

  Distant

2 (7)

 

Surgical approach

  Axillary

3 (10)

 

  Brachial

6 (20)

 

  Femoral

20 (67)

 

  Iliac

1 (3)

 

Doses

  TNFb (mg)

 

2 (1–3)

  Melphalanb (mg)

 

60 (25–80)

Hospital stay

  In days

 

6 (1–72)

  1. cSCC  cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, TM-ILP  TNF and melphalan based isolated limb perfusion.
  2. aunknown size (n = 4).
  3. bmedian dose in mg