Preoperative multimodality treatment of localized soft tissue sarcoma: Addition through subtraction?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 583-586

  Pisters, Peter W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DOXORUBICIN;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOXORUBICIN; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SARCOMA;

EID: 23744505801     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2005.05.910     Document Type: Editorial

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