Cohort analysis of patients with localized, high-risk, extremity soft tissue sarcoma treated at two cancer centers: Chemotherapy-associated outcomes

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 4567-4574

  Cormier, Janice N ^a   Huang, Xuelin ^a   Xing, Yan ^a   Thall, Peter F ^a   Wang, Xuemei ^a   Benjamin, Robert S ^a   Pollock, Raphael E ^a   Antonescu, Cristina R ^a   Maki, Robert G ^a   Brennan, Murray F ^a   Pisters, Peter W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIMB TUMOR; LOCAL THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 16544363434     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2004.02.057     Document Type: Review

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