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

Table 4

Course of further therapy depending on the result of the MRI examination.

N (%)	No consequence	Interval shortening	Surgical procedure	Other consequences
Suspected local recurrence	22 (24)	27 (29)	39 (42)	5 (5)
Unable to exclude recurrence	91 (66)	42 (31)	4 (3)	0
Exclusion of a local recurrence	1275 (99)	0	0	1 (0.1%)

Other imaging modalities, e.g., sonography.