Clear cell sarcoma of the scapula. A case report and review of the literature

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kazakos, Constantinos J ^a   Galanis, Vasilios G ^a   Giatromanolaki, Alexandra ^a   Verettas, Dennis Alexander J ^a   Sivridis, Efthimios ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIRUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SCAPULA;

EID: 33748195073     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-4-48     Document Type: Article

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