Dedifferentiated liposarcoma: A clinicopathological analysis of 155 cases with a proposal for an expanded definition of dedifferentiation

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-281

  Henricks, Walter H ^a   Chu, Young C ^a   Goldblum, John R ^b   Weiss, Sharon W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical lipoma; Dedifferentiated liposarcoma; Dedifferentiation; Liposarcoma; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030978591     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199703000-00002     Document Type: Article

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