Head and neck soft tissue sarcomas: A multivariate analysis of outcomes

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 619-628

  Bentz, Brandon G ^a   Singh, Bhuvanesh ^b   Woodruff, James ^b   Brennan, Murray ^b   Shah, Jatin P ^b   Kraus, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Multivariate analysis; Retrospective; Sarcoma; Single institution

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DESMOID TUMOR; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOSARCOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; ARTICLE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FIBROMATOSIS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS, AGGRESSIVE; FIBROSARCOMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4043063443     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2004.03.006     Document Type: Review

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