Treatment of epithelioid sarcoma at the Royal Marsden Hospital

Sarcoma

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 149-152

  Livi, L ^a   Shah, N ^b   Paiar, F ^a   Fisher, C ^c   Judson, I ^c   Moskovic, E ^c   Thomas, M ^c   Harmer, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Royal Marsden Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epithelioid; Radiotherapy; Sarcoma and surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; EXCISION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIMB; LIMB TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345865029     PISSN: 1357714X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13577140310001644760     Document Type: Article

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