'Proximal-type' epithelioid sarcoma: Is Agent Orange still at large?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 410-412

  Chaudhuri, Arindam ^a   Harris, M D ^a  

^a PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent Orange; Proximal type epithelioid sarcoma

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; DEFOLIANT AGENT; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDEMA; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; FIBROMA; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNET; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MILITARY SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERINEUM; SOFT TISSUE; SOLDIER; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VIET NAM;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; DEFOLIANTS, CHEMICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERINEUM; SARCOMA; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; VIETNAM;

EID: 0242636179     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588403322520816     Document Type: Article

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