Prognostic factors in adult soft-tissue sarcomas of the head and neck

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 975-984

  Le, Quynh Thu X ^a   Fu, Karen K ^a   Kroll, Stew ^a   Fitts, Linda ^b   Massullo, Vincent ^c   Ferrell, Linda ^a   Kaplan, Michael J ^a   Phillips, Theodore L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sacred Heart Hospital   (United States)

^c Script Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck soft tissue sarcoma; Prognostic factors; Radiotherapy; Salvage therapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; MISONIDAZOLE; VINCRISTINE; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SARCOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030906256     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00103-X     Document Type: Article

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