Effect of low-dose radiation therapy when combined with surgical resection for Ewing sarcoma

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 65-70

  Merchant, Thomas E ^a,b   Kushner, Brian H ^a   Sheldon, John M ^a   LaQuaglia, Michael ^a   Healey, John H ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ewing sarcoma; Pediatric cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA, EWING'S; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032777610     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199908)33:2<65::AID-MPO1>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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