Should patients with advanced sarcomas be treated with chemotherapy?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 958-962

  Benjamin, R S ^a   Rouesse, J ^a   Bourgeois, H ^a   Van Hoesel, Q G C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; NIMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031781577     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(98)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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