Adult head and neck soft tissue sarcomas

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-263

  Chen, Susie A ^a   Morris, Christopher G ^b   Amdur, Robert J ^b   Werning, John W ^b   Villaret, Douglas B ^b   Mendenhall, William M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Local control; Radiotherapy; Soft tissue sarcomas; Surgery; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGED; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20444385083     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000158440.27229.d6     Document Type: Review

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