Early Lymph Node Metastasis May Predict Poor Prognosis in Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Table 1

Characteristics of the study patients.

	No.
Follow-up period (months)	Median 56 (1–216)
Age at diagnosis (y)	Median 61 (3–89)
<50	7
≥50	26
Gender
Male	19
Female	14
Tumor site
Upper extremity	10
Lower extremity	17
Trunk	6
Tumor location
Superficial	4
Deep	29
Tumor size (cm)
<5	8
≥5	25
Histology
Myxofibrosarcoma	8
Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma	6
Rhabdomyosarcoma	5
Epithelioid sarcoma	4
Dedifferentiated liposarcoma	3
Myxoid liposarcoma	2
Pleomorphic liposarcoma	2
Synovial sarcoma	1
Leiomyosarcoma	1
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor	1
Tumor grade
1	2
2	8
3	23
Surgical stage
IB	1
IIA	4
IIB	5
III	19
IV	4
Treatment for the primary tumor
Surgery	27
Carbon ion	2
None	4
Type of surgery
Intralesional excision	2
Marginal excision	5
Wide excision	20
Pulmonary metastasis
Absent	14
Present	19