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 surgery | General surgery | Medical oncology | Radiation oncology | | 38 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Country of practice (%) | USA | Canada | Other | | | 34 (89) | 3 (8) | 1 (3) | | |
| Age (%) | <30 | 30–40 | 41–50 | 51–60 | >60 | 0 | 22 (58) | 7 (18) | 7 (18) | 2 (5) |
| Gender (%) | Male | Female | | | | 79 | 21 | | | |
| Length of career (%) | 0–5 | 6–10 | 11–15 | 16–20 | >20 | 16 (42) | 9 (24) | 4 (11) | 1 (3) | 8 (21) |
| # ST sarcomas/yr (%) | <10 | 10–30 | >30 | | | 1 (3) | 22 (58) | 15 (39) | | |
| # bone sarcomas/yr (%) | 0–5 | 5–10 | 10–20 | >20 | | 3 (8) | 18 (47) | 12 (32) | 5 (13) | |
| Multidisciplinary sarcoma team (%) | Yes | No | | | | 95 | 5 | | | |
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