Well-differentiated liposarcoma of the retroperitoneum: A clinicopathologic analysis of 20 cases, with particular attention to the extent of low-grade dedifferentiation

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-120

  Elgar, Florence ^a   Goldblum, John R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

dedifferentiated liposarcoma; high grade dedifferentiation; low grade dedifferentiation; retroperitoneum; well differentiated liposarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031050008     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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