Tumor size as a prognostic indicator of histologic grade of soft tissue sarcoma

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 183-187

  Nakanishi, Hirofumi ^a   Tomita, Yasuhiko ^a   Ohsawa, Masahiko ^a   Naka, Norifumi ^a   Araki, Nobuhito ^a   Ochi, Takahiro ^a   Aozasa, Katsuyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Histologic grade; Prognosis; Soft tissue sarcoma; Tumor size

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030854018     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199707)65:3<183::AID-JSO7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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