Research Article

Surveillance Strategies for Sarcoma: Results of a Survey of Members of the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society

Table 1

The demographic data obtained from the MSTS member respondents.

Specialty (%)Orthopaedic surgeryGeneral surgeryMedical oncologyRadiation oncology
38 (100)000

Country of practice (%)USACanadaOther
34 (89)3 (8)1 (3)

Age (%)<3030–4041–5051–60>60
022 (58)7 (18)7 (18)2 (5)

Gender (%)MaleFemale
7921

Length of career (%)0561011151620>20
16 (42)9 (24)4 (11)1 (3)8 (21)

# ST sarcomas/yr (%)<101030>30
1 (3)22 (58)15 (39)

# bone sarcomas/yr (%)055101020>20
3 (8)18 (47)12 (32)5 (13)

Multidisciplinary sarcoma team (%)YesNo
955