Neurogenic sarcomas: Experience at the University of Toronto

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-65

  Angelov, Lilyana ^a,b   Davis, Aileen ^c   O'Sullivan, Brian ^d   Bell, Robert ^b,c   Guha, Abhijit ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; En bloc resection; Management; Neurofibromatosis 1; Neurogenic sarcoma; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROFIBROSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROFIBROSARCOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REOPERATION; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031832226     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199807000-00035     Document Type: Article

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