Epithelioid sarcoma: Prognostic factors and survival in a series of patients treated at a single institution

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3542-3551

  Baratti, Dario ^a   Pennacchioli, Elisabetta ^a   Casali, Paolo G ^a   Bertulli, Rossella ^a   Lozza, Laura ^a   Olmi, Patrizia ^a   Collini, Paola ^a   Radaelli, Stefano ^a   Fiore, Marco ^a   Gronchi, Alessandro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epithelioid sarcoma; Prognosis; Sarcoma; Staging system; Survival

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; MELPHALAN; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LIMB; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE METASTASIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 36349028566     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9628-9     Document Type: Article

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