Does the method of treatment affect the outcome in soft-tissue sarcomas of the adductor compartment?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1480-1486

  Pradhan, A ^a   Cheung, Y C ^b   Grimer, Rob J ^c   Abudu, A ^c   Peake, D ^c   Ferguson, P C ^d   Griffin, A M ^d   Wunder, J S ^d   O'Sullivan, B ^e   Hugate Jr , R ^f   Sim, F H ^g  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Denver Orthopedic Clinic   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751246720     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B11.17424     Document Type: Article

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