학술논문
Early Lymph Node Metastasis May Predict Poor Prognosis in Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Document Type
article
Author
Makoto Emori; Hiroyuki Tsuchie; Hiroyuki Nagasawa; Tomoko Sonoda; Arihiko Tsukamoto; Junya Shimizu; Yasutaka Murahashi; Emi Mizushima; Kohichi Takada; Kazuyuki Murase; Kotoe Iesato; Keita Igarashi; Tsukasa Hori; Masaki Yamamoto; Shintaro Sugita; Naohisa Miyakoshi; Tadashi Hasegawa; Yoichi Shimada; Toshihiko Yamashita
Source
International Journal of Surgical Oncology, Vol 2019 (2019)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2090-1402
2090-1410
2090-1410
Abstract
Background. Lymph node metastasis (LNM) is a relatively rare event in soft tissue sarcoma. An association between the timing of LNM detection and patient prognosis is presently unknown. Patients and Methods. We retrospectively analyzed the clinicopathological features of 33 patients with LNM between 2001 and 2015. Analysis of the timing of LNM diagnosis was grouped according to patients presenting LNM in either