Table 3 Response, local recurrence and systematic disease

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

Type of responsea

Patients (n, %)

Local progression (n, %)

Months to local progression (median, range)

Metastatic diseaseb (n, %)

Months to metastatic disease (median, range)

Complete response

16 (59)

4 (25)

9 (9–22)

4c (25)

0 (0–21)

Partial response

6 (22)

3 (50)

4 (2–6)

3 (33)

3 (3–9)

Progressive disease

5 (19)

N/A

0 (0–0)

3d (60)

0 (0–4)

Overall response

22 (81)

7 (23)

9 (2–22)

10 (32)

3 (0–21)

  1. afor 3 patients response could not be assessed.
  2. bmetastatic disease includes regional and distant metastasis.
  3. c3 patients already had metastatic disease at time of ILP.
  4. d2 patients already had metastatic disease at time of ILP