Survival of adult patients with head and neck soft tissue sarcomas

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-71

  Dijkstra, M D ^a   Balm, A J M ^a   Coevorden, F V ^a   Gregor, R T H ^a   Hart, A A M ^a   Hilgers, F J M ^a   Keus, R B ^a   Loftus, B M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adults; Head and neck; Soft tissue sarcoma; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

EID: 0030043722     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.1996.tb01027.x     Document Type: Article

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