Results of radiotherapy in recurrences of soft tissue sarcomas;ERGEBNISSE DER RADIOTHERAPIE BEI WEICHTEILSARKOM-REZIDIVEN

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 64-73

  Schwarz, R ^a,c   Krull A ^a   Baumann, M ^a   Zornig, C ^b   Wiegel, T ^a   Weh, H J ^c  

^a Abteilung fur Strahlentherapie   (Germany)

^b Abt für Allgemeinchirurgie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030056275     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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