Epithelioid sarcoma: Still an only surgically curable disease

Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 606-612

  De Visscher, Sebastiaan A H J ^c   Van Ginkel, Robbert J ^a   Wobbes, Theo ^b   Veth, René P H ^b   Ten Heuvel, Suzanne E ^a   Suurmeijer, Albert J H ^a   Hoekstra, Harad J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c University Medical Center Groningen ^*

Author keywords

Epithelioid; Perfusion; Sarcoma; Sentinel node biopsy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

MELPHALAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB PERFUSION; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746300640     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22037     Document Type: Review

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