Limb-salvage strategies to optimize quality of life: The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center experience

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 226-238

  Yasko, Alan W ^a   Reece, Gregory P ^a   Gillis, Theresa A ^a   Pollock, Raphael E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0030859440     PISSN: 00079235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3322/canjclin.47.4.226     Document Type: Article

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