Introduction: The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of a virtual multidisciplinary sarcoma case conference (VMSCC) on the outcomes of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP).
Methods: We compared margin status after surgery and disease-free survival (DFS) on two cohorts of patients with DFSP, one diagnosed from 2010 to 2015 and one from 2016 to 2020 (before and after virtual multidisciplinary sarcoma case conference (VMSCC) within Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC), using Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox proportional hazard regression models.
Results: There was no significant difference between the two cohorts on demographics, tumor location, type of surgery, receipt of radiation, receipt of imatinib, or size of tumor. However, the percent of patients with positive margin after final surgery and the percent of local recurrence were significantly different: 6.5% and 6.3% for the 2010-2015 cohort, and .8% and 0% for the 2016-2020 cohort, respectively.
Conclusion: Our data suggest that the outcomes of DFSP improved significantly after the implementation of VMSCC.
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