The indications for and the prognostic significance of amputation as the primary surgical procedure for localized soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-17

  Ghert, Michelle A ^a   Abudu, Adesegun ^a   Driver, Natasha ^a   Davis, Aileen M ^b   Griffin, Anthony M ^a   Pearce, Dawn ^a   White, Lawrence ^a   O'Sullivan, Brian ^c,d   Catton, Charles N ^c,d   Bell, Robert S ^a,d   Wunder, Jay S ^a,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amputation; Indications; Metastasis; Prognosis; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB DISEASE; LIMB SPARING SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ARM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20144388882     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10434-004-1171-3     Document Type: Article

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