Surgical management of soft tissue sarcoma in patients over 80 years

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1154-1158

  Boden, R A ^a   Clark, M A ^a   Neuhaus, S J ^a   A'Hern, J R ^a   Thomas, J M ^a   Hayes, A J ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Elderly; Soft tissue sarcoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751162147     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2006.05.016     Document Type: Article

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