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{{Main|Cancer staging systems | {{Main|Cancer staging systems}} | ||
===Lymph node metastases in sarcomas=== | ===Lymph node metastases in sarcomas=== | ||
{{Main|Lymph node metastasis}} | |||
*[[Lymph node]] (LN) spread is uncommon in sarcomas; [[lymph node metastases]] are seen in <3% of cases.<ref name=pmid8424704>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fong | first1 = Y. | last2 = Coit | first2 = DG. | last3 = Woodruff | first3 = JM. | last4 = Brennan | first4 = MF. | title = Lymph node metastasis from soft tissue sarcoma in adults. Analysis of data from a prospective database of 1772 sarcoma patients. | journal = Ann Surg | volume = 217 | issue = 1 | pages = 72-7 | month = Jan | year = 1993 | doi = | PMID = 8424704 | PMC = 1242736}}</ref> | *[[Lymph node]] (LN) spread is uncommon in sarcomas; [[lymph node metastases]] are seen in <3% of cases.<ref name=pmid8424704>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fong | first1 = Y. | last2 = Coit | first2 = DG. | last3 = Woodruff | first3 = JM. | last4 = Brennan | first4 = MF. | title = Lymph node metastasis from soft tissue sarcoma in adults. Analysis of data from a prospective database of 1772 sarcoma patients. | journal = Ann Surg | volume = 217 | issue = 1 | pages = 72-7 | month = Jan | year = 1993 | doi = | PMID = 8424704 | PMC = 1242736}}</ref> | ||
**Many sarcomas are reported in LNs; if you're only going to remember one... the most commonly reported is angiosarcoma.<ref name=pmid8424704/> | **Many sarcomas are reported in LNs; if you're only going to remember one... the most commonly reported is angiosarcoma.<ref name=pmid8424704/> | ||