Vascular invasion in high grade sarcoma of the extremity is associated with short overall survival

Oncology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 985-989

  Merimsky, O ^a,b   Isakov, J ^a   Kollender, Y ^a   Nirkin, A ^a   Inbar, M ^a   Meller, I ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

High grade sarcoma; Vascular invasion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031812053     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.5.4.985     Document Type: Article

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