Soft tissue sarcoma of high grade - A primary systemic disease?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 688-690

  Hohenberger, P ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVAL;

HUMANS; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034082904     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(00)00061-7     Document Type: Editorial

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