How Can a Multidisciplinary Approach Improve Prognosis of Soft-Tissue Sarcomas of Extremities?

Table 2

Quality criteria for the management of soft-tissue sarcoma.

Parameters	Total	Group 1	Group 2	value
	N = 116	N = 75	N = 41
MRI before surgery
Yes	99 (85.3%)	66 (56.9%)	33 (28.4%)
No	17 (14.7%)	9 (7.7%)	8 (7%)	0.008
Biopsy before surgery
Yes	92 (79.3%)	68 (58.6%)	24 (20.7%)
No	24 (20.7%)	8 (7%)	16 (13.7%)	< 0.001
Surgical margins^∗
R0	37 (58.7%)	20 (31.7%)	17 (27%)
R1	21 (33%)	14 (22%)	4 (6.3%)
R2	5 (8.3%)	2 (3.3%)	3 (4.7%)	0.650
Metastatic status
M0	89 (76.7%)	62 (53.4%)	27 (23.3%)
M1	20 (17.2%)	9 (7.7%)	11 (9.5%)
Mx	7 (6.1%)	5 (4.3%)	2 (1.8%)	0.105
Local relapse
Yes	18 (15.5%)	8 (6.9%)	10 (8.6%)
No	98 (84.5%)	67 (57.7%)	31 (26.8%)	0.048

^∗Data of only operated patients.