Synovial sarcoma: Report of a series of 25 consecutive children from a single institution

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-37

  Ferrari, Andrea ^a   Casanova, Michela ^a   Massimino, Maura ^a   Luksch, Roberto ^a   Cefalo, Graziella ^a   Lombardi, Fabrizio ^a   Galimberti, Stefania ^b   Riganti, Giorgia ^a   Fossati Bellani, Franca ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pediatric cancer; Soft tissue sarcoma; Synovial sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ARM; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032953485     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199901)32:1<32::AID-MPO7>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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