Soft tissue sarcomas: Preoperative versus postoperative radiotherapy

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 90-99

  Cheng, Edward Y ^a   Dusenbery, Kathryn E ^a   Winters, Margaret R ^a   Thompson, Roby C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; local recurrence; metastasis; radiation; sarcoma; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

EID: 0030062352     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199602)61:2<90::AID-JSO2>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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