Head and neck sarcomas: prognostic factors and implications for treatment

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 201-207

  Eeles, R A ^a,b   Fisher, C ^b   A'pHern R P ^c   Robinson, M ^a   Rhys Evans, P ^a   Henk, J M ^a   Archer, D ^a   Harmer, C L ^b  

^a Head and Neck Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b Sarcoma Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0027245820     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1993.314     Document Type: Article

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