All patients with a suspected/diagnosed soft tissue sarcoma should be referred to a Sarcoma Specialist Centre.

Please note that this diagnostic toolkit for soft tissue sarcoma is intended for healthcare professionals based in Scotland only. For England, Wales and Northern Ireland’s diagnostic toolkit, click here.

Clinical presentations

• Lump more than 5cm in size
• Lump increasing in size
• Deep to the fascia
• Recurrence after previous excision
• Regional lymph node enlargement

Investigations

Adults

• Refer urgently to a sarcoma specialist centre for investigation

Children

• Refer urgently to a sarcoma specialist centre for investigation