Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: Reappraisal of wide local excision and impact of inadequate initial treatment

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1118-1122

  Khatri, Vijay P ^a,b   Galante, Joseph M ^a   Bold, Richard J ^a   Schneider, Philip D ^a   Ramsamooj, Rajendra ^a   Goodnight Jr , James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Margins; Recurrence; Sarcoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTIOCYTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542751056     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2003.03.581     Document Type: Article

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