The role of radiation in retroperitoneal sarcomas: A surgical perspective

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 359-366

  Pawlik, Timothy M ^a,b   Ahuja, Nita ^a   Herman, Joseph M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Multimodality; Radiation; Retroperitoneal; Sarcoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; IDOXURIDINE; IFOSFAMIDE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; NEUROTOXICITY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROPERITONEAL SARCOMA; REVIEW;

CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA;

EID: 34249990334     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e328122d757     Document Type: Review

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