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 *[[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.
-***According to Fong ''et al.''<ref name=pmid8424704/> the most commonly reported is angiosarcoma.
 ***According to the [[CAP checklist]] for soft tissue<ref>URL: [http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/SoftTissue_11protocol.pdf http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/SoftTissue_11protocol.pdf]. Accessed on: 28 March 2012.</ref> the most common are: [[epithelioid sarcoma]] and [[clear cell sarcoma]].
+***According to Fong ''et al.''<ref name=pmid8424704/> the most commonly is angiosarcoma.
 Sarcomas more likely to be found in the lymph nodes - mnemonic ''RACE For MS'':<ref>URL: [http://www.aippg.net/forum/f21/surgery-mnemonics-79897/ http://www.aippg.net/forum/f21/surgery-mnemonics-79897/]. Accessed on: 23 March 2012.</ref>