Follow-up Guidelines

Surveillance Schedules

Follow-up Guidelines

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Soft tissueDischarge 10 years

Soft Tissue Tumours - Head and Neck Sarcomas

Head and neck sarcoma

Schedule

  1. 1

    Year 1

    • Post-operative visit within first 6 weeks; 3-monthly clinical examination and CXR; post-treatment MRI of primary site at 3 months; surveillance MRI at 9 months
  2. 2

    Year 2

    • 3-monthly clinical examination and CXR; surveillance MRI at 15 and 21 months
  3. 3

    Years 3–4

    • 6-monthly clinical examination and CXR; surveillance MRI at 27 months; thereafter annual MRI of primary site
  4. 4

    Years 5–10

    • Annual clinical examination and CXR

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