Extremity soft-tissue sarcomas selectively treated with surgery alone

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 227-232

  Fabrizio, Patrick L ^a   Stafford, Scott L ^a   Pritchard, Douglas J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremity; Soft tissue sarcoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMB TUMOR; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; NEUROMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN NECROSIS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STRESS FRACTURE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034255570     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00601-5     Document Type: Article

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