Functional and clinical outcomes of limb-sparing therapy for pediatric extremity sarcomas

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 763-769

  Bertucio, Clare S ^a   Wara, William M ^a   Matthay, Katherine K ^a   Ablin, Arthur R ^a   Johnston, James O ^a   O'Donnell, Richard J ^a   Weinberg, Vivian ^a,b   Haas Kogan, Daphne A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremity; Function; Pediatric; Radiation; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0035283654     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)01415-2     Document Type: Article

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