Clinical outcome of patients with previously untreated soft tissue sarcomas in relation to tumor grade, DNA ploidy and karyotype

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 396-402

  Plaat, Boudewijn E C ^a,c   Muntinghe, Friso L H ^a   Molenaar, Willemina M ^a   Hoekstra, Harald J ^a   Bosveld, Honk E P ^b   Dam, Anke ^a   Dijkhuizen, Trijnie ^a   Van Den Berg, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b N Center for Healthcare Research   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Pathology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; PLOIDIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030851155     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970822)74:4<396::AID-IJC6>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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