Current aspects of the pathology of soft tissue sarcomas

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 315-327

  Fisher, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOSARCOMA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL CELL SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0032881484     PISSN: 10534296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-4296(99)80026-5     Document Type: Article

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