Size matters for sarcomas!

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 519-524

  Grimer, Robert J ^a  

^a ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Sarcoma; Size; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OSTEOSARCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMOR; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750184009     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X130651     Document Type: Article

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