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

Table 3

Characteristics of no-treatment patients for LNM.

	No.
Age at diagnosis (y)	Median 74 (61–79)
<50	0
≥50	7
Gender
Male	4
Female	3
Tumor site
Upper extremity	1
Lower extremity	4
Trunk	2
Tumor location
Superficial	0
Deep	7
Tumor size (cm)
<5	1
≥5	6
Histology
Myxofibrosarcoma	2
Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma	1
Epithelioid sarcoma	1
Dedifferentiated liposarcoma	1
Myxoid liposarcoma	1
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor	1
Tumor grade
1	0
2	4
3	3
Surgical stage
IB	0
IIA	1
IIB	3
III	2
IV	1
Treatment for the primary tumor
Surgery	5
Carbon ion	1
None	1
Type of surgery
Intralesional excision	1
Marginal excision	1
Wide excision	3
Pulmonary metastasis
Absent	4
Present	3