Surgical treatment of primary soft tissue sarcomas involving the chest: Experiences in 25 patients

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 182-187

  Pfannschmidt, J ^a,b   Geisbusch P ^a   Muley, T ^a   Dienemann, H ^a   Hoffmann, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Thoraxklinik Heidelberg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Malignant chest wall tumor; Soft tissue sarcoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RESECTION; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SPIROMETRY; THORAX WALL CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBS; SARCOMA; SPIROMETRY; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACIC WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 33646460243     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872973     Document Type: Review

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