Long-term outcomes after function-sparing surgery without radiotherapy for soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities and trunk

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3252-3259

  Baldini, Elizabeth H ^a   Goldberg, Joel ^a   Jenner, Christopher ^a   Manola, Judith B ^a   Demetri, George D ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a   Singer, Samuel ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032885820     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1999.17.10.3252     Document Type: Article

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