Results of radiation therapy performed after unplanned surgery (without re-excision) for soft tissue sarcomas

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-45

  Kepka, Lucyna ^c   Suit, Herman D ^a   Goldberg, Saveli I ^a   Rosenberg, Andrew E ^a   Gebhardt, Mark C ^a   Hornicek, Francis J ^b   DeLaney, Thomas F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Local control; Radiation therapy; Radiotherapy complications; Re excision; Soft tissue sarcoma; Unplanned excision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDEMA; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LIPOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 26244446420     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20351     Document Type: Article

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