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Stanborough R, Demertzis JL, Wessell DE, Lenchik L, Ahlawat S, Baker JC, Banks J, Caracciolo JT, Garner HW, Hentz C, Lewis VO, Lu Y, Maynard JR, Pierce JL, Scott JA, Sharma A, Beaman FD. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Malignant or Aggressive Primary Musculoskeletal Tumor-Staging and Surveillance: 2022 Update. J Am Coll Radiol 2022; 19:S374-S389. [PMID: 36436964 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2022.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Malignant or aggressive primary musculoskeletal tumors are rare and encompass a wide variety of bone and soft tissue tumors. Given the most common site for metastasis from these primary musculoskeletal tumors is to the lung, chest imaging is integral in both staging and surveillance. Extrapulmonary metastases are rarely encountered with only a few exceptions. Following primary tumor resection, surveillance of the primary tumor site is generally recommended. Local surveillance imaging recommendations differ between primary tumors of bone origin versus soft tissue origin. This document consolidates the current evidence and expert opinion for the imaging staging and surveillance of these tumors into five clinical scenarios. The ACR Appropriateness Criteria are evidence-based guidelines for specific clinical conditions that are reviewed annually by a multidisciplinary expert panel. The guideline development and revision process support the systematic analysis of the medical literature from peer-reviewed journals. Established methodology principles such as Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation or GRADE are adapted to evaluate the evidence. The RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method User Manual provides the methodology to determine the appropriateness of imaging and treatment procedures for specific clinical scenarios. In those instances in which peer-reviewed literature is lacking or equivocal, experts may be the primary evidentiary source available to formulate a recommendation.
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- Diagnostic Imaging Associates, Chesterfield, Missouri; Partner, ProSight Radiology.
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- Panel Vice-Chair, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina
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- The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; member
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- MSK Imaging and Interventions Fellowship Director, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
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- Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; FRS 2023 Program Chair; ACR alternate counselor from Florida; MSK Section Chair for group; Medical student radiology rotation clerkship director for HCA Florida Aventura and Kendall Hospitals
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- Section Head, MSK Imaging, Moffitt Cancer Center and University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida; MSK-RADS (Bone) Committee; Chairman
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- Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida; Committee Chair, Society of Skeletal Radiology and International Skeletal Society
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- Stritch School of Medicine Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois; Commission on Radiation Oncology
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- University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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- Brigham & Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons; Director, Neurosurgical Trauma; Codirector, Spinal Deformity and Scoliosis Surgery Brigham and Women's Hospital; Cochair, Spinal Cord Injury Section, North American Spine Society; Chair, Payor Response
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- Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida; Primary care physician; Jacksonville Sports Medicine Program, Chair of the Governing Board; Program Director Sports Medicine Fellowship, Mayo Clinic Florida
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; Associate Division Chair, Musculoskeletal Radiology, University of Virginia; Radiology Residency Global Health Leadership Track Program Director, University of Virginia
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- Chief Quality Officer, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York
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- Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida; Commission on Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging; Chair, Research Committee, Radiology, Mayo Clinic Florida; Chair, PET-MRI Workgroup, Mayo Clinic Florida
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Tsoi KM, Lowe M, Tsuda Y, Lex JR, Fujiwara T, Almeer G, Gregory J, Stevenson J, Evans SE, Botchu R, Jeys LM. How Are Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules at Diagnosis Associated with Survival in Patients with High-Grade Osteosarcoma? Clin Orthop Relat Res 2021; 479:298-308. [PMID: 32956141 PMCID: PMC7899536 DOI: 10.1097/corr.0000000000001491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pulmonary metastases are a poor prognostic factor in patients with osteosarcoma; however, the clinical significance of subcentimeter lung nodules and whether they represent a tumor is not fully known. Because the clinician is faced with decisions regarding biopsy, resection, or observation of lung nodules and the potential impact they have on decisions about resection of the primary tumor, this remains an area of uncertainty in patient treatment. Surgical management of the primary tumor is tailored to prognosis, and it is unclear how aggressively patients with indeterminate pulmonary nodules (IPNs), defined as nodules smaller than 1 cm at presentation, should be treated. There is a clear need to better understand the clinical importance of these nodules. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES (1) What percentage of patients with high-grade osteosarcoma and spindle cell sarcoma of bone have IPNs at diagnosis? (2) Are IPNs at diagnosis associated with worse metastasis-free and overall survival? (3) Are there any clinical or radiologic factors associated with worse overall survival in patients with IPN? METHODS Between 2008 and 2016, 484 patients with a first presentation of osteosarcoma or spindle cell sarcoma of bone were retrospectively identified from an institutional database. Patients with the following were excluded: treatment at another institution (6%, 27 of 484), death related to complications of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (1%, 3 of 484), Grade 1 or 2 on final pathology (4%, 21 of 484) and lack of staging chest CT available for review (0.4%, 2 of 484). All patients with abnormalities on their staging chest CT underwent imaging re-review by a senior radiology consultant and were divided into three groups for comparison: no metastases (70%, 302 of 431), IPN (16%, 68 of 431), and metastases (14%, 61 of 431) at the time of diagnosis. A random subset of CT scans was reviewed by a senior radiology registrar and there was very good agreement between the two reviewers (κ = 0.88). Demographic and oncologic variables as well as treatment details and clinical course were gleaned from a longitudinally maintained institutional database. The three groups did not differ with regard to age, gender, subtype, presence of pathological fracture, tumor site, or chemotherapy-induced necrosis. They differed according to local control strategy and tumor size, with a larger proportion of patients in the metastases group presenting with larger tumor size and undergoing nonoperative treatment. There was no differential loss to follow-up among the three groups. Two percent (6 of 302) of patients with no metastases, no patients with IPN, and 2% (1 of 61) of patients with metastases were lost to follow-up at 1 year postdiagnosis but were not known to have died. Individual treatment decisions were determined as part of a multidisciplinary conference, but in general, patients without obvious metastases received (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy and surgical resection for local control. Patients in the no metastases and IPN groups did not differ in local control strategy. For patients in the IPN group, staging CT images were inspected for IPN characteristics including number, distribution, size, location, presence of mineralization, and shape. Subsequent chest CT images were examined by the same radiologist to reevaluate known nodules for interval change in size and to identify the presence of new nodules. A random subset of chest CT scans were re-reviewed by a senior radiology resident (κ = 0.62). The association of demographic and oncologic variables with metastasis-free and overall survival was first explored using the Kaplan-Meier method (log-rank test) in univariable analyses. All variables that were statistically significant (p < 0.05) in univariable analyses were entered into Cox regression multivariable analyses. RESULTS Following re-review of staging chest CTs, IPNs were found in 16% (68 of 431) of patients, while an additional 14% (61 of 431) of patients had lung metastases (parenchymal nodules 10 mm or larger). After controlling for potential confounding variables like local control strategy, tumor size, and chemotherapy-induced necrosis, we found that the presence of an IPN was associated with worse overall survival and a higher incidence of metastases (hazard ratio 1.9 [95% CI 1.3 to 2.8]; p = 0.001 and HR 3.6 [95% CI 2.5 to 5.2]; p < 0.001, respectively). Two-year overall survival for patients with no metastases, IPN, or metastases was 83% [95% CI 78 to 87], 65% [95% CI 52 to 75] and 45% [95% CI 32 to 57], respectively (p = 0.001). In 74% (50 of 68) of patients with IPNs, it became apparent that they were true metastatic lesions at a median of 5.3 months. Eighty-six percent (43 of 50) of these patients had disease progression by 2 years after diagnosis. In multivariable analysis, local control strategy and tumor subtype correlated with overall survival for patients with IPNs. Patients who were treated nonoperatively and who had a secondary sarcoma had worse outcomes (HR 3.6 [95% CI 1.5 to 8.3]; p = 0.003 and HR 3.4 [95% CI 1.1 to 10.0]; p = 0.03). The presence of nodule mineralization was associated with improved overall survival in the univariable analysis (87% [95% CI 39 to 98] versus 57% [95% CI 43 to 69]; p = 0.008), however, because we could not control for other factors in a multivariable analysis, the relationship between mineralization and survival could not be determined. We were unable to detect an association between any other nodule radiologic features and survival. CONCLUSION The findings show that the presence of IPNs at diagnosis is associated with poorer survival of affected patients compared with those with normal staging chest CTs. IPNs noted at presentation in patients with high-grade osteosarcoma and spindle cell sarcoma of bone should be discussed with the patient and be considered when making treatment decisions. Further work is required to elucidate how the nodules should be managed. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level III, prognostic study.
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- Kim M Tsoi
- K. M. Tsoi, M. Lowe, Y. Tsuda, J. R. Lex, T. Fujiwara, J. Gregory, J. Stevenson, S. E. Evans, L. M. Jeys, Oncology Department, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- K. M. Tsoi, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- G. Almeer, R. Botchu, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- J. Stevenson, L. M. Jeys, Aston University Medical School, Birmingham, UK
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- K. M. Tsoi, M. Lowe, Y. Tsuda, J. R. Lex, T. Fujiwara, J. Gregory, J. Stevenson, S. E. Evans, L. M. Jeys, Oncology Department, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- K. M. Tsoi, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- G. Almeer, R. Botchu, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- J. Stevenson, L. M. Jeys, Aston University Medical School, Birmingham, UK
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- K. M. Tsoi, M. Lowe, Y. Tsuda, J. R. Lex, T. Fujiwara, J. Gregory, J. Stevenson, S. E. Evans, L. M. Jeys, Oncology Department, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- K. M. Tsoi, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- G. Almeer, R. Botchu, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- J. Stevenson, L. M. Jeys, Aston University Medical School, Birmingham, UK
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- K. M. Tsoi, M. Lowe, Y. Tsuda, J. R. Lex, T. Fujiwara, J. Gregory, J. Stevenson, S. E. Evans, L. M. Jeys, Oncology Department, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- K. M. Tsoi, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- G. Almeer, R. Botchu, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- J. Stevenson, L. M. Jeys, Aston University Medical School, Birmingham, UK
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- K. M. Tsoi, M. Lowe, Y. Tsuda, J. R. Lex, T. Fujiwara, J. Gregory, J. Stevenson, S. E. Evans, L. M. Jeys, Oncology Department, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- K. M. Tsoi, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- G. Almeer, R. Botchu, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- J. Stevenson, L. M. Jeys, Aston University Medical School, Birmingham, UK
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- K. M. Tsoi, M. Lowe, Y. Tsuda, J. R. Lex, T. Fujiwara, J. Gregory, J. Stevenson, S. E. Evans, L. M. Jeys, Oncology Department, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- K. M. Tsoi, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- G. Almeer, R. Botchu, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- J. Stevenson, L. M. Jeys, Aston University Medical School, Birmingham, UK
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- K. M. Tsoi, M. Lowe, Y. Tsuda, J. R. Lex, T. Fujiwara, J. Gregory, J. Stevenson, S. E. Evans, L. M. Jeys, Oncology Department, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- K. M. Tsoi, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- G. Almeer, R. Botchu, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- J. Stevenson, L. M. Jeys, Aston University Medical School, Birmingham, UK
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- K. M. Tsoi, M. Lowe, Y. Tsuda, J. R. Lex, T. Fujiwara, J. Gregory, J. Stevenson, S. E. Evans, L. M. Jeys, Oncology Department, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- K. M. Tsoi, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- G. Almeer, R. Botchu, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- J. Stevenson, L. M. Jeys, Aston University Medical School, Birmingham, UK
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- K. M. Tsoi, M. Lowe, Y. Tsuda, J. R. Lex, T. Fujiwara, J. Gregory, J. Stevenson, S. E. Evans, L. M. Jeys, Oncology Department, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- K. M. Tsoi, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- G. Almeer, R. Botchu, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- J. Stevenson, L. M. Jeys, Aston University Medical School, Birmingham, UK
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- K. M. Tsoi, M. Lowe, Y. Tsuda, J. R. Lex, T. Fujiwara, J. Gregory, J. Stevenson, S. E. Evans, L. M. Jeys, Oncology Department, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- K. M. Tsoi, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- G. Almeer, R. Botchu, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- J. Stevenson, L. M. Jeys, Aston University Medical School, Birmingham, UK
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- K. M. Tsoi, M. Lowe, Y. Tsuda, J. R. Lex, T. Fujiwara, J. Gregory, J. Stevenson, S. E. Evans, L. M. Jeys, Oncology Department, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- K. M. Tsoi, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- G. Almeer, R. Botchu, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- J. Stevenson, L. M. Jeys, Aston University Medical School, Birmingham, UK
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Tetta C, Giugliano A, Tonetti L, Rocca M, Longhi A, Londero F, Parise G, Parise O, Micali LR, La Meir M, Maessen JG, Gelsomino S. Clinical and Radiologic Features Together Better Predict Lung Nodule Malignancy in Patients with Soft-Tissue Sarcoma. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9041209. [PMID: 32340113 PMCID: PMC7230600 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9041209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2020] [Revised: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
We test the hypothesis that a model including clinical and computed tomography (CT) features may allow discrimination between benign and malignant lung nodules in patients with soft-tissue sarcoma (STS). Seventy-one patients with STS undergoing their first lung metastasectomy were examined. The performance of multiple logistic regression models including CT features alone, clinical features alone, and combined features, was tested to evaluate the best model in discriminating malignant from benign nodules. The likelihood of malignancy increased by more than 11, 2, 6 and 7 fold, respectively, when histological synovial sarcoma sub-type was associated with the following CT nodule features: size ≥ 5.6 mm, well defined margins, increased size from baseline CT, and new onset at preoperative CT. Likewise, in the case of grade III primary tumor, the odds ratio (OR) increased by more than 17 times when the diameter of pulmonary nodules (PNs) was >5.6 mm, more than 13 times with well-defined margins, more than 7 times with PNs increased from baseline CT, and more than 20 times when there were new-onset nodules. Finally, when CT nodule was ≥5.6 in size, it had well-defined margins, it increased in size from baseline CT, and when new onset nodules at preoperative CT were concomitant to residual primary tumor R2, the risk of malignancy increased by more than 10, 6, 25 and 28 times, respectively. The combination of clinical and CT features has the highest predictive value for detecting the malignancy of pulmonary nodules in patients with soft tissue sarcoma, allowing early detection of nodule malignancy and treatment options.
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- Cecilia Tetta
- Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40121 Bologna, Italy; (C.T.); (A.G.); (L.T.)
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- Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40121 Bologna, Italy; (C.T.); (A.G.); (L.T.)
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- Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40121 Bologna, Italy; (C.T.); (A.G.); (L.T.)
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- Unit of general Surgery, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40121 Bologna, Italy;
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- Chemotherapy Unit, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40121 Bologna, Italy;
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht—CARIM, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands; (F.L.); (G.P.); (O.P.); (L.R.M.); (J.G.M.)
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht—CARIM, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands; (F.L.); (G.P.); (O.P.); (L.R.M.); (J.G.M.)
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht—CARIM, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands; (F.L.); (G.P.); (O.P.); (L.R.M.); (J.G.M.)
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht—CARIM, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands; (F.L.); (G.P.); (O.P.); (L.R.M.); (J.G.M.)
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- Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Brussels, 1099 Jette, Belgium;
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht—CARIM, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands; (F.L.); (G.P.); (O.P.); (L.R.M.); (J.G.M.)
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht—CARIM, Maastricht University Medical Center, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands; (F.L.); (G.P.); (O.P.); (L.R.M.); (J.G.M.)
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