Should tumor depth be included in prognostication of soft tissue sarcoma?

BMC Cancer

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Rydholm, Anders ^a   Gustafson, Pelle ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Soft tissue sarcoma; Staging; Tumor depth

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRUNK; TUMOR VOLUME; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SARCOMA;

EID: 3042793636     PISSN: 14712407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-3-17     Document Type: Article

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