Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2020; 24(06): 676-691
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1721097
Review Article

Therapy-Related Imaging Findings in Patients with Sarcoma

Johan L. Bloem
1   Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
,
Dennis Vriens
1   Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
,
Augustinus D.G. Krol
2   Department of Radiation Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
,
Murat Özdemir
1   Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
,
Michiel A.J. van de Sande
3   Department of Orthopedics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
,
Hans Gelderblom
4   Department of Medical Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
,
Judith V.M.G. Bovee
5   Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
,
Jos A. van der Hage
6   Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
,
Iris M. Noebauer-Huhmann
7   Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image Guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Abstract

Knowledge of imaging findings related to therapy administered to patients with sarcoma is pivotal in selecting appropriate care for these patients. Imaging studies are performed as surveillance in asymptomatic patients or because symptoms, including anxiety, develop. In addition to detection of recurrent disease and assessment of response to therapy, diagnosis of conditions related to therapy that may or may not need treatment has a marked positive impact on quality of life. The purpose of this review is to assist radiologists, nuclear physicians, and others clinicians involved in the diagnosis and treatment of these patients in recognizing imaging findings related to therapy and not to activity of the previously treated sarcoma. Imaging findings are time dependent and often specific in relation to therapy given.



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Article published online:
11 December 2020

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