Epithelioid sarcoma in children and adolescents: A report from the Italian Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee

Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 708-717

  Casanova, Michela ^a   Ferrari, Andrea ^a   Collini, Paola ^a   Bisogno, Gianni ^b   Alaggio, Rita ^b   Cecchetto, Giovanni ^b   Gronchi, Alessandro ^a   Meazza, Cristina ^a   Garaventa, Alberto ^c   Di Cataldo, Andrea ^d   Carli, Modesto ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epithelioid sarcoma; Lymph node metastases; Nonrhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma; Pediatric soft tissue sarcomas; Proximal type epithelioid sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; MELPHALAN; THIOTEPA; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 31544480125     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21630     Document Type: Article

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