Is reexcision in pediatric nonrhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma necessary after an initial unplanned resection?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1424-1429

  Chui, C H ^a,b,c,d   Spunt, S L ^a,b,c,d   Liu, T ^a,b,c,d   Pappo, A S ^a,b,c,d   Davidoff, A M ^a,b,c,d   Rao, B N ^a,b,c,d   Shochat, S J ^a,b,c,d  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pretreatment reexcision; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; DERMATOFIBROMA; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036787223     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2002.35405     Document Type: Article

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