Epidemiological aspects of soft tissue sarcomas (STS)-consequences for the design of clinical STS trials

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1705-1710

  Nijhuis, P H A ^a   Schaapveld, M ^b   Otter, R ^b   Molenaar, W M ^b   Van Der Graaf, W T A ^a   Hoekstra, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Groningen University Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Histology; Incidence; Metastases; Sarcoma; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STAGING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SARCOMA;

EID: 0033369319     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(99)00152-5     Document Type: Article

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