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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 14.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer J. 2013 Jul-Aug;19(4):283–287. doi: 10.1097/PPO.0b013e31829e3566

Table 1.

Characteristics of MCC patients treated with SMBT for in-transit cutaneous metastases

Patient No Sex, age at diagnosis (yr) Primary site AJCC stage at diagnosis Initial treatment (pre-SMBT) Time to relapse* (mo**) Chemo for in-transit
metastases, No of chemo
regimens (pre-SMBT)

SMBT (cGy)
In-field recurrence, time to
recurrence (mo)
Site of other recurrence (time
to recurrence (mo))
SMBT for additional
in-transit metastases
Total lesions treated Follow-up (mo**) Status
1 M, 70 R calf IIA WLE, LR-RT 8 N 1200 Y, 25 In-Transit (19, 28), Distant (19) N 11 42 DOD
2 M, 72 R groin IIIB Chemo, R-RT 12 Y, 2 1200 N In-Transit (85) Y 8 85 AWOD
3 M, 76 R forehead IIIA WLE, LR-RT, chemo 11 N 1200 N Regional (25, 26), Distant (36) N 4 36 AWD
4 M, 81 L forehead IIIA WLE, LR-RT 10 N 1200 N Regional (23), Distant (27) N 2 32 AWD
5 F, 63 L calf IIIA WLE, LR-RT, chemo 7 Y, 1 1200 N In-Transit (13,15) Y 13 39 AWOD
6 M, 63 R thigh IIA WLE, LR-RT, chemo 9 N 1200 Y, 2 In-Transit (16, 18, 19, 21, 24), Regional (24), Distant (24) Y 37 31 DOD
7 F, 87 R calf IB WLE 6 N 1200 N In-Transit (7, 15), Regional (12) Y 3 26 AWOD
8 F, 83 L forearm IB WLE 1 N 1200 N In-Transit (3, 5, 17, 20), Regional (20) Distant (5) Y 29 22 DOD
9 F, 76 R foot IIIB WLE, LR-RT, S-RT 7 N 1200 N In-Transit (7, 11.5, 18), Regional (12), Distant (22) N 9 24 DOD
10 M, 79 L calf IIIB WLE 45 N 1000 N In-Transit (45, 47, 49), Regional (49), Distant (58) N 36 58 AWD
*

The initial site of relapse for all patients was in-transit cutaneous metastases

**

Calculated from the time of diagnosis

***

WLE, wide local excision; LR-RT, loco-regional radiation therapy; R-RT, regional radiation therapy; S-RT, salvage radiation therapy; chemo, chemotherapy; AWOD, alive without disease; AWD, alive with disease; DOD, died of disease