Soft tissue sarcomas: Radiation as a therapeutic option

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 855-861

  Suit, H ^a   Spiro, I J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Local control; Metastasis; Postoperative; Preoperative

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; FIBROMA; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FIBROMA; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030278280     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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