Table 3.

Characteristic of patients receiving radiation therapy first vs surgery first

Characteristic	Patients, No. (%)
	RT first (n = 49 [75.4%])	Surgery first (n = 16 [24.6%])
Age, median, y	64	67.5
Initial diagnosis
Lipoma	15 (30.61)	2 (12.5)
Nonlipoma	34 (69.39)	14 (87.5)
Grade
1	15 (30.61)	0 (0)
2	2 (4.08)	1 (6.25)
3	32 (65.31)	15 (93.75)
Findings in repeat resection
Residual tumor	22 (44.9)	13 (81.25)
No tumor found	20 (40.82)	2 (12.5)
No pathology	7 (14.28)	1 (6.25)
Margins after first surgery
Positive	42 (85.71)	15 (93.75)
Negative	2 (4.08)	0 (0)
Unknown	5 (10.2)	1 (6.25)
Tumor size
Mean (SD), cm	4.3 (2.39)	5.1 (2.47)
<5 cm	31 (63.27)	8 (50)
>5 cm	12 (24.49)	3 (18.75)
Time from diagnosis to radiation therapy, median (SD), mo	3 (10)	9 (65)
Acute wound complications
No complications	31 (73.8)	10 (62.5)
Acute complication	11 (26.2)	4 (25)