The role of chemotherapy in childhood soft tissue sarcomas other than rhabdomyosarcomas: Experience of the Northern Israel Oncology Center

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 397-406

  Arush, M Weyl Ben ^a   Nahum, M Peretz ^a   Meller, I ^b   Itzhak, O Ben ^c   Kuten, A ^c   El Hassid, R ^c   Linn, S ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Childhood; Nonrhabdomyosarcomatous soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISRAEL; MALE; METASTASIS; RADIATION DOSE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SARCOMA;

EID: 0032874710     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/088800199276949     Document Type: Article

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