Table 3.
The use of radiological investigations or blood tests for follow up.
| Chest x-rays | Chest CT scans | Local imaging | |||||
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| Clinical scenario | At least one | Median number in 5 years (range) | At least one | Median number in 5 years (range)* | At least one | Median number in 5 years (range)* | Routine blood tests |
| Low-risk trunk or extremity tumours | 76/88 (86%) | 8 (0–24) | 14/88 (16%) | 0 (0–6) | 33/88 (38%) | 1 (0–13) | 5/88 (6%) |
| (5 no response) | (15 no response) | (13 no response) | |||||
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| High risk trunk or extremity tumours | 90/99 (91%) | 13 (0–24) | 29/99 (29%) | 0 (0–10) | 60/99 (61%) | 2 (0–13) | 8/99 (8%) |
| (8 no response) | (15 no response) | (12 no response) | |||||
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| Abdominal or | 55/63 (87%) | 12 (0–24) | 16/63 (25%) | 0 (0–9) | 46/63 (73%) | 5 (0–13) | 6/63 (10%) |
| retroperitoneal tumours | (6 no response) | (10 no response) | (7 no response) | ||||
*Some respondents specified that CT scans and local imaging should only be performed when clinically indicated rather than routinely.