Efficacy and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Follow-Up of Soft Tissue Sarcomas of the Extremities and Trunk

Table 1

Patient demography and tumor characteristics.

		N (%)
Total patients		211
Female		104 (49)
Average age in years (±SD)		58.4 ± 17.48
Total sarcomas		216
Location	Epifascial	73 (35)
	Subfascial	118 (56)
Size	T1	72 (34)
	≥ T2	121 (57)
Staging at presentation	M0 N0	167 (79)
	N1 M0	11 (5)
	N0 M1	11 (5)
	N1 M1	2 (1)
R Status after surgery	R0	181 (84)
	R1	24 (11)
	R2	4 (2)
Therapy	Surgery only	138 (65)
	Radiotherapy	73 (35)
	Chemotherapy	20 (9)