Research Article

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 4

Diagnosed sarcomas according to tumour type, grade, and metastatic nature.

Diagnosis (number)Age (range)Size mm (range)G?G1G2G3M(P)M(E)

Chondrosarcoma ()60901
Ewing’s sarcoma ()20.33 (17–22)106.66 (80–140)32
Undifferentiated (pleomorphic) sarcoma ()69.33 (40–89)80.33 (40–130)631
Leiomyosarcoma ()57.66 (30–70)80 (45–150)111
Liposarcoma ()66.61 (34–93)137.38 (64–240)382
Myxoid liposarcoma ()691601
Myofibroblastic sarcoma ()68441
Myxoid fibrosarcoma ()64 (52–81)80.25 (60–100)222
Osteoblastic osteosarcoma ()3311011
PEComa ()58741
Sarcoma with rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation ()6018011
Spindle cell sarcoma ()65 (26–85)108.33 (10–220)12
Synovial sarcoma ()53401
Gastrointestinal stromal tumour ()58.5 (54–63)150 (100–200)21

G?: radiological diagnosis only and therefore grade is unknown, G1: grade 1, G2: grade 2, G3: grade 3, M(P): metastatic at presentation, and M(E): early (<1 year) metastatic relapse.