Conformity to clinical practice guidelines, multidisciplinary management and outcome of treatment for soft tissue sarcomas

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 307-315

  Ray Coquard, I ^a,b,c   Thiesse, P ^a   Ranchere Vince D ^a   Chauvin, F ^a,b   Bobin, J Y ^d   Sunyach, M P ^a   Carret, J P ^d   Mongodin, B ^e   Marec Berard P ^a   Philip, T ^a,b,f   Blay, J Y ^a,d  

^a CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^b UMR 5823 CNRS   (France)

^c Clinique Mutualiste Eugene Andre   (France)

^d HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^e Centre Hospitalier Montélimar   (France)

^f FNCLCC   (France)

Author keywords

Audit; Cancer; Guidelines; Management of soft tissue sarcoma; Medical practice; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 10744229602     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdh058     Document Type: Article

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