Table 1.

Clinicopathological Data of the Five Patients

Case	DNA index*	Grade	Age†	Sex	Location	Follow-up (months)	HME¶
114	0.56	I	42	M	Right proximal femur	51 NED‡	Yes
408	0.70	II	38	M	Costa	17 NED and 29 alive	No
178	0.76+ 1.56	II	50	F	Costa	121 NED	Yes
262	1.22	III	61	F	Right scapula	51, had 3 recur§ at 27, 40, and 47 months, and now lung metastases	yes
215	1.32	III	40	F	Left scapula	47 NED, had 4 recur§ at 6, 15, 21, and 28 months	No

*DNA index measured by DNA flow cytometry as described previously.⁵

^†Age: age at diagnosis.

^‡NED: No evidence of disease.

^§Recur: local recurrence. All local recurrences, as well as the metastases were surgically treated.

^¶HME: hereditary multiple exostoses.