The effect of delayed postoperative irradiation on local control of soft tissue sarcomas of the extremity and torso

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1352-1359

  Schwartz, David L ^a   Einck, John ^b   Hunt, Karen ^c   Bruckner, James ^c   Conrad, Ernest ^c   Koh, Wui Jin ^b   Laramore, George E ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Local control; Postoperative radiation; Sarcoma; Treatment delay

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; SURGERY; TISSUE; TUMORS;

DISTANT RELAPSE-FREE SURVIVAL; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036534904     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02807-3     Document Type: Article

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