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 2

Location, grading, and tumor classification of primary tumors and recurrences.

N (%)Primary tumorsTotal local recurrencesPercentage of patients with at least one local recurrence (%)

Head/neck20 (9)1 (1)
Trunk31 (14)14 (19)
Proximal extremity103 (48)31 (43)21
Distal extremity62 (29)27 (37)23

GradingG145 (21)12 (16)16
G260 (28)19 (26)23
G386 (40)33 (45)23
Unknown25 (12)9 (12)

Liposarcoma64 (30)15 (21)16
Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic sarcomas45 (21)19 (26)29
Undifferentiated/sarcomas56 (26)23 (32)23
Other sarcoma types51 (24)16 (22)24
 Smooth muscle sarcoma13 (6)
 Skeletal muscle sarcoma2 (1)
 Vascular sarcoma11 (5)
 Nerve tumors1
 Extraskeletal osteosarcoma5 (2)
 Sarcoma of uncertain differentiation19 (9)