Guidelines

Service Requirements

Guidance to commissioners and frameworks for the treatment of sarcoma.

• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) sarcoma overview – includes service organisation and relevant technology appraisals
• NICE Improving Outcomes Guidance for People with Sarcoma (England and Wales) 2006
• Wales – National Standards for Sarcoma Services 2009
  (in English only)
• Scottish Sarcoma Network

Clinical Guidelines

BSG

• UK BSG Guidelines for the Management of Soft Tissue Sarcomas – 2024 Update
• UK Guidelines for the Management of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST) – 2024 Update
• UK BSG Guidelines for the Management of Bone Sarcomas – 2024 Update
• Development of clinical practice guidelines for rehabilitation after diagnosis for primary bone and soft tissue tumours – 2024
• BSG guidance for ultrasound screening of soft tissue masses in the trunk and extremity – FINAL Jan 2019

Other guidelines and recommendations

• ESMO (European Sociaty of Medical Oncology) GIST Guidelines – 2014
• NCCN (National Comprehensive Cancer Network) Guidelines (USA)
• Management of Primary Retroperitoneal Sarcoma (RPS) in the Adult: A Consensus Approach From the Trans-Atlantic RPS Working Group – 2014
• Management of Recurrent Retroperitoneal Sarcoma (RPS) in the Adult: A Consensus Approach from the Trans-Atlantic RPS Working Group – 2016
• Management of sporadic desmoid-type fibromatosis: A European consensus approach based on patients’ and professionals’ expertise – 2015
• Building a global consensus approach to chordoma: a position paper from the medical and patient community -2015
• Best practices for the Management of Local-regional Recurrent Chordoma. A Position Paper by the Chordoma Global Consensus Group – 2017