Evaluation of a clinically applicable post-surgical classification system for primary retroperitoneal soft-tissue sarcoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 483-490

  Van Dalen, Thijs ^a   Hennipman, Adriaan ^a   Van Coevorden, Frits ^a   Hoekstra, Harald J ^a   Van Geel, Bert N ^a   Slootweg, Piet ^a   Lutter, Cherry F Albus ^a   Brennan, Murray F ^b   Singer, Samuel ^b  

^a Dutch Soft Tissue Sarcoma Group   (Netherlands)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Outcomes; Prognostic factors; Retroperitoneal; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROPERITONEAL SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SARCOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242806776     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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