A Comprehensive Single Institutional Review of 2 Years in a Designated Fast-Track Sarcoma Diagnostic Clinic Linked with a Sarcoma Specialist Advisory Group: Meeting the Target but Failing the Task?
Table 2
Pattern of radiological investigations and malignancy detection rates.
Imaging modality
All
Measurable
Average size (range) mm
Metastatic cancer
Primary cancer
Sarcoma
US
64
54
33.55 (4–130)
MRI
61
54
48.33 (9–150)
1
CT
19
16
108.43 (24–200)
4
3
10
X-ray
6
0
US MRI
113
106
53.79 (8–154)
1
US CT
9
8
51.37 (12–150)
1
1
1
US X-ray
3
2
25 (10–40)
MRI CT
33
31
83.26 (20–250)
2
3
10
MRI X-ray
19
7
48.71 (18–110)
CT X-ray
2
0
CT NM
1
1
40
X-ray NM
1
0
US MRI CT
46
46
76.27 (18–222)
3
6
14
US MRI X-ray
4
2
35.5 (6–65)
MRI CT X-ray
6
6
67.50 (40–150)
1
2
MRI CT NM
3
3
86 (38–140)
1
2
MRI X-ray NM
1
0
US MRI X-ray CT NM
1
1
40
1
Did not attend US
1
0
No imaging required
4
0
Total
397
337
58.26 (4–250)
12
16
41
US: ultrasound, MRI: magnetic resonance imaging, CT: computed tomography, and NM: bone isotope scan.
