Myxofibrosarcoma: Clinicopathologic analysis of 75 cases with emphasis on the low-grade variant

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 391-405

  Mentzel, Thomas ^a   Calonje, Eduardo ^a   Wadden, Catherine ^a   Camplejohn, Richard S ^a   Beham, Alfred ^b   Smith, Michael A ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma; Myxofibrosarcoma; Myxoid; Sarcoma; Soft tissues

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; METASTASIS; MYXOSARCOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL DIVISION; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOSARCOMA; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PENILE NEOPLASMS; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029975119     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199604000-00001     Document Type: Article

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