Soft tissue sarcomas of the hand and foot: Management and survival

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 238-240

  Karakousis, Constantine P ^a,c   DeYoung, Claudia ^a   Driscoll, Deborah L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Foot; Hand; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCISION; FEMALE; HAND TUMOR; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; CHILD; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031811426     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02303779     Document Type: Article

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