Limb sparing approach: Adjuvant radiation therapy in adults with intermediate or high-grade limb soft tissue sarcoma

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-300

  Merimsky, Ofer ^a   Soyfer, Vjacheslav ^a   Kovner, Felix ^a   Bickels, Jacob ^a   Issakov, Josephine ^a   Flusser, Gideon ^a   Meller, Isaac ^a   Ofer, Oded ^a   Kollender, Yehuda ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiation therapy; Adult; Limb; Limb sparing approach; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28944450140     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.10.019     Document Type: Article

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