Liposarcoma: Outcome and prognostic factors following conservation surgery and radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 311-319

  Zagars, Gunar K ^a,b   Goswitz, Mary S ^a   Pollack, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation surgery; Liposarcoma; Myxoid liposarcoma; Prognostic factors; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LIPOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SURVIVAL; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030250585     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00265-9     Document Type: Article

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