Alveolar soft part sarcoma: A rare and enigmatic entity

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 438, Issue , 2005, Pages 144-148

  Anderson, Megan E ^a,b,d   Hornicek, Francis J ^a,c   Gebhardt, Mark C ^a,b   Raskin, Kevin A ^a,c   Mankin, Henry J ^a,c  

^a Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Surgery Program   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; MAID PROTOCOL; MESNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IFOSFAMIDE; MALE; MESNA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SARCOMA, ALVEOLAR SOFT PART; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 24344464227     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000180049.50832.4a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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