Sarcomas arising in dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: A reappraisal of biologic behavior in eighteen cases treated by wide local excision with extended clinical follow up

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1125-1130

  Goldblum, John R ^a   Reith, John D ^b   Weiss, Sharon W ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans; Fibrosarcoma; Malignant fibrous histiocytoma; Wide local excision

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD34; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033868208     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200008000-00010     Document Type: Article

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