Signs and Symptoms of Sarcoma

Guidelines for urgent referrals: 

• Soft Tissue Sarcoma

• • Size > 5cm
  • Increasing in size
  • Painful
  • Deep to fascia
  • Recurrence at site of previous excision (whatever the previous histology)

• Primary Bone Tumour

• • Night pain or non-mechanical pain (especially in adolescence)
  • Mass or swelling
  • Restricted movement in a joint
  • Fractures due to a pathological cause
  • Radiographic appearances suggesting bone tumour

• Metastatic Spinal Tumour

• • History of cancer
  • Neurological deficits
  • Suspected spinal cord compression
  • Contact spinal surgeons for emergency admission

• Metastatic Bone Tumour

• • Suspected pathological or impending fracture
  • Contact Oncological orthopaedic surgeons for emergency admission.