Sarcoma patients' quality of life from diagnosis to yearly follow-up: experience from an Italian tertiary care center.

To investigate sarcoma patients' perception of quality of life and psychosocial distress across the different disease's stages.  Total 329 sarcoma patients were monitored from diagnosis up to a maximum of six consecutive follow-up visits. Functional status worsened over time with the lowest value after surgery and a full recovery not earlier than the second follow-up visit.