Superficial extremity soft tissue sarcoma: An analysis of prognostic factors

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-47

  Brooks, Ari D ^a   Heslin, Martin J ^a   Leung, Denis H Y ^a   Lewis, Jonathan J ^a   Brennan, Murray F ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremity sarcoma; Prognosis; Soft tissue sarcoma; Staging; Superficial sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031820298     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02303763     Document Type: Article

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