Research Article

Efficacy and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Follow-Up of Soft Tissue Sarcomas of the Extremities and Trunk

Table 1

Patient demography and tumor characteristics.

N (%)

Total patients211
Female104 (49)
Average age in years (±SD)58.4 ± 17.48
Total sarcomas216

LocationEpifascial73 (35)
Subfascial118 (56)

SizeT172 (34)
≥ T2121 (57)

Staging at presentationM0 N0167 (79)
N1 M011 (5)
N0 M111 (5)
N1 M12 (1)

R Status after surgeryR0181 (84)
R124 (11)
R24 (2)

TherapySurgery only138 (65)
Radiotherapy73 (35)
Chemotherapy20 (9)