Radiation therapy for soft tissue sarcoma

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 449-467

  Ballo, Matthew T ^a   Zagars, Gunar K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DESMOID TUMOR; HISTIOCYTOMA; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

EID: 0037738644     PISSN: 10553207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-3207(03)00008-5     Document Type: Review

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