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. 2015 Jul 14;113(4):645–652. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2015.246

Table 3. Patient data, status and treatment results from MRI scans and from histopathology.

        MRI
Histopathology
Pat.-No. Age Clinical status Resection Pre- to post-ILP contrast medium enhancement (%) Max. tumour diameter (mm) before TM-ILP Tumour depth (mm) Pre- to post-ILP MRI tumour-volume (%) Grade of regression (Salzer–Kuntschik) Histopathologic regression (%) Entity
1 46 No local recurrence Resection 25 115 9 55 1 100 Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma
2 61 Late progressive disease No resection 50 53 17 61     Fibrosarcoma
3 75 No local recurrence Resection 100 119 8 60 5 5 Dedifferentiated liposarcoma
4 76 Systemic progression of disease No resection 25 66 2 63     Synovial sarcoma
5 44 No local recurrence Resection 90 111 10 93 4 80 Myxoid round cell liposarcoma
6 59 No local recurrence Resection 100 42 2 102 3 93 Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma of the inflammatory type
7 68 Late local recurrence No resection 50 19 6 22     Fibroblastic sarcoma
8 82 Tumour-related death No resection 25 37 1 43     Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (spindle cell)
9 44 Lost to follow-up Lost to follow-up 7       Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma
10 52 Local recurrence Resection 50 68 3 103 3 93 Squamous cell carcinoma
11 80 Ongoing complete remission No resection 90 25 3 36     Malignant melanoma
Mean       61 66 6 64   74  
Median       50 60 6 61   93  
Minimum       25 19 1 22   5  
Maximum       100 119 17 103   100  
SD       31.6 37.6 4.8 27.7   39.4  

Abbreviations: SD= standard deviation; TM-ILP=Isolated limb perfusion with TNF-alpha and melphalan; TNF=tumour necrosis factor.