Leiomyosarcoma in childhood and adolescence

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-227

  Hwang, E Shelley ^a   Gerald, William ^a   Wollner, Norma ^a   Meyers, Paul ^a   La Quaglia, Michael P ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Leiomyosarcoma; Prognosis; Survival; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHILD; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031115242     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02306614     Document Type: Article

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