Tailoring treatment for Classical Kaposi's Sarcoma: Comprehensive clinical guidelines

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1097-1102

  Brenner, Baruch ^b   Rakowsky, Erika ^b   Katz, Alan ^b   Gutman, Haim ^a   Sulkes, Aaron ^b   Schacter, Jacob ^b   Fenig, Eyal ^b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Classical Kaposi's sarcoma; Prognostic factors; Radiation therapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033143410     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.14.6.1097     Document Type: Article

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