Preoperative radiotherapy for soft tissue sarcoma: The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre experience

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1159-1164

  Hui, A C ^a,b   Ngan, S Y ^a,b   Wong, K ^a   Powell, G ^a,b   Choong, P F M ^a,b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Local recurrence; Radiotherapy; Soft tissue sarcoma; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB TUMOR; LIPOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33751194883     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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