Treatment results of unresected or partially resected desmoid tumors

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 584-590

  Goy, Barry W ^a   Lee, Steve P ^b   Fu, Yao Shi ^b   Selch, Michael T ^b   Eilber, Frederick ^b  

^a Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive fibromatosis; Desmoid tumors; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESMOID TUMOR; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS, AGGRESSIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031736788     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199812000-00011     Document Type: Article

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