At the crossroads for retroperitoneal sarcomas: The future of clinical trials for this "orphan disease"

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 442-443

  Kane III, John M ^a,b  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; RETROPERITONEAL SARCOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644980377     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2006.09.909     Document Type: Editorial

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