TY - JOUR

T1 - Follow-up after initial surgical treatment of soft tissue sarcomas in the extremities and trunk wall

AU - Hovgaard, Thea Bechmann

AU - Nymark, Tine

AU - Skov, Ole

AU - Petersen, Michael Mørk

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Evaluation of our surveillance program for soft tissue sarcomas (STS) and borderline tumors (BT) for identification of local recurrence and lung metastases the first 2 years postoperatively.METHODS: We retrospectively assessed the medical files of all patients (n = 232) with STS and BT of the extremities and trunk wall who underwent surgery from 2010 to 2013. Two-hundred-and-thirty-two patients were included in the local recurrence study and 116 patients in the lung metastasis study. We extracted information on how local recurrence and lung metastases were detected. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and 2 × 2-contingency table with Chi-square test were used. Local recurrence and lung metastases were analyzed separately.RESULTS: Twenty-five of 232 patients experienced local recurrence and 19 of 116 patients experienced lung metastases. Compared to clinical examination, local imaging led to a larger amount of local recurrence suspicions (37/560 vs. 8/706). Suspicions occurring on local imaging were more accurate than on clinical examination (17/37 vs. 0/8 affirmed). Local imaging identified a larger amount of local recurrence than clinical examination (17/560 vs. 0/706). Thirty-three patients suspected local recurrence themselves, 8 were affirmed. Compared to x-ray, computerized tomography (CT) led to a larger amount of lung metastasis suspicions (22/284 vs. 6/276). Suspicions occurring on CT seemed more accurate than on x-ray (15/22 vs. 2/6 affirmed). CT found a larger amount of lung metastases than x-ray (15/284 vs. 2/276). Three patients suspected lung metastases themselves, 1 was affirmed.CONCLUSION: Bi-annual local imaging and CT the first 2 years after surgery of STS detect local recurrence and lung metastases better than clinical examination and x-ray. Clinical examination and x-ray between these examinations is unnecessary. Patients' own suspicion of local recurrence and lung metastases is still important.

AB - BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Evaluation of our surveillance program for soft tissue sarcomas (STS) and borderline tumors (BT) for identification of local recurrence and lung metastases the first 2 years postoperatively.METHODS: We retrospectively assessed the medical files of all patients (n = 232) with STS and BT of the extremities and trunk wall who underwent surgery from 2010 to 2013. Two-hundred-and-thirty-two patients were included in the local recurrence study and 116 patients in the lung metastasis study. We extracted information on how local recurrence and lung metastases were detected. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and 2 × 2-contingency table with Chi-square test were used. Local recurrence and lung metastases were analyzed separately.RESULTS: Twenty-five of 232 patients experienced local recurrence and 19 of 116 patients experienced lung metastases. Compared to clinical examination, local imaging led to a larger amount of local recurrence suspicions (37/560 vs. 8/706). Suspicions occurring on local imaging were more accurate than on clinical examination (17/37 vs. 0/8 affirmed). Local imaging identified a larger amount of local recurrence than clinical examination (17/560 vs. 0/706). Thirty-three patients suspected local recurrence themselves, 8 were affirmed. Compared to x-ray, computerized tomography (CT) led to a larger amount of lung metastasis suspicions (22/284 vs. 6/276). Suspicions occurring on CT seemed more accurate than on x-ray (15/22 vs. 2/6 affirmed). CT found a larger amount of lung metastases than x-ray (15/284 vs. 2/276). Three patients suspected lung metastases themselves, 1 was affirmed.CONCLUSION: Bi-annual local imaging and CT the first 2 years after surgery of STS detect local recurrence and lung metastases better than clinical examination and x-ray. Clinical examination and x-ray between these examinations is unnecessary. Patients' own suspicion of local recurrence and lung metastases is still important.

KW - Adolescent

KW - Adult

KW - Aged

KW - Aged, 80 and over

KW - Extremities/pathology

KW - Female

KW - Follow-Up Studies

KW - Humans

KW - Lung Neoplasms/secondary

KW - Lymphatic Metastasis

KW - Male

KW - Middle Aged

KW - Neoplasm Invasiveness

KW - Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology

KW - Prognosis

KW - Retrospective Studies

KW - Sarcoma/pathology

KW - Survival Rate

KW - Torso/pathology

KW - Young Adult

U2 - 10.1080/0284186X.2017.1299937

DO - 10.1080/0284186X.2017.1299937

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 28287011

VL - 56

SP - 1004

EP - 1012

JO - Acta Oncologica

JF - Acta Oncologica

SN - 1100-1704

IS - 7

ER -