The value of neoadjuvant therapy and adjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas;Stellenwert neoadjuvanter Therapieverfahren und adjuvanter Chemotherapie in der Behandlung von Weichgewebssarkomen

Onkologe

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 334-341

  Bauer, S ^a   Schutte J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

EID: 4344598453     PISSN: 09478965     EISSN: 14330415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007610200001     Document Type: Review

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