Retroperitoneal sarcomas: Grade and survival

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 248-251

  Ferrario, Toni ^a   Karakousis, Constantine P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b MILLARD FILLMORE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL SARCOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037334675     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.138.3.248     Document Type: Article

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