Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) - Clinicopathological study and treatment outcome of twenty-four cases

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kar, Madhabananda ^a   Suryanarayana Deo, S V ^b   Shukla, Nootan Kumar ^b   Malik, Ajay ^b   DattaGupta, Sidharth ^b   Mohanti, Bidhu Kumar ^b   Thulkar, Sanjay ^b  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; INDIA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33749032129     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-4-55     Document Type: Review

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