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  • Title: Surveillance in patients with sarcoma of the extremities.
    Author: Cool P, Grimer R, Rees R.
    Journal: Eur J Surg Oncol; 2005 Nov; 31(9):1020-4. PubMed ID: 16171968.
    Abstract:
    AIM: To evaluate the efficiency of our follow-up regime for patients with sarcoma of the extremities. METHODS: We have reviewed our follow-up policy in 480 patients with non-metastatic bone or soft tissue sarcomas and with more than 5 years of follow-up. RESULTS: We detected 24% of the soft tissue sarcoma recurrences and 38% of the bone tumour recurrences. We detected 67% of the pulmonary metastases before they became symptomatic. Only 11% of those patients who developed metastases were cured, as were only 26% of those who developed local recurrence. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that our surveillance programme detects most metastases, but only about one third of the local recurrences.
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