Role of surgery for nonmetastatic abdominal rhabdomyosarcomas: A report from the Italian and German soft tissue cooperative groups studies

Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1974-1980

  Cecchetto, Giovanni ^a   Bisogno, Gianni ^a   Treuner, Jorn ^b   Ferrari, Andrea ^c   Mattke, Adrian ^b   Casanova, Michela ^c   Dall'Igna, Patrizia ^a   Zanetti, Ilaria ^a   Volpato, Sandra ^a   Siracusa, Fortunato ^d   Scarzello, Gianni ^e   Boglino, Camillo ^f   Carli, Modesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b OLGAHOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d Istituto Materno Infantile   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Pediatric soft tissue sarcomas; Rbabdomyosarcoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; ITALY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEWBORN; PELVIS; PERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344407441     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11285     Document Type: Article

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