Does a radiation dose-response relation exist concerning survival of patients who have soft-tissue sarcomas of the extremities? Radiation dose - Response relation for soft-tissue sarcomas

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 270-274

  Wolfson, Aaron H ^a,c   Benedetto, Pasquale W ^a   Mnaymneh, Walid ^b   Moffat, Frederick L ^a   Robinson, David S ^a   Boyer, Cynthia ^a   Raub Jr , William A ^a   Duncan, Robert C ^c   Markoe, Arnold M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose response relationship; Radio therapy; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIATION DOSE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031841974     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199806000-00013     Document Type: Article

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