Soft tissue sarcoma of the upper extremity: Descriptive data and outcome in a population-based series of 108 adult patients

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 668-674

  Gustafson, Pelle ^a   Arner, Marianne ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Soft tissue sarcoma; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HAND SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032782183     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.1999.0668     Document Type: Article

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