The value of re-staging chest CT at first local recurrence of extremity and trunk soft tissue sarcoma

ConclusionRe-staging chest CT at the time of first LR of STS identified a prevalence of 23.9% pulmonary metastases, which supports the need for chest CT at the time of LR in line with the UK guidelines for the management of bone and soft tissue sarcoma.Key Points• Pulmonary metastases were diagnosed in 1.3% of soft tissue sarcomas at presentation.• Pulmonary metastases were identified in ~ 24% of patients at first local recurrence of soft tissue sarcoma, most commonly with pleomorphic sarcoma and Trojani grade tumours.• No patient with a low-grade recurrence had pulmonary metastases.
Source: European Radiology - Category: Radiology Source Type: research