Population
22 patients with epithelioid sarcoma seen and/or treated at Memorial Hospital, with 14/22 aged 20-40 years…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
2 to 34 years (average of 8 years)
Authors
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Caution warranted in small series; leaves open whether vascular invasion or nodal spread justifies early amputation in epithelioid sarcoma.
In epithelioid sarcoma, vascular invasion and regional lymph node metastasis are significant adverse prognostic factors, suggesting the need for early wide excision or amputation.
Prat et al. (1978) studied this question.
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