Rhabdomyosarcoma arising in the hand or foot: A clinicopathologic analysis

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 361-369

  Miller, Dylan V ^a   Coffin, Cheryl M ^b   Zhou, Holly ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Extremity; Foot; Hand; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT DISEASE; HAND TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDLINE; METASTASIS; OVARY METASTASIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TESTIS CANCER;

EID: 4344665795     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-003-6071-1     Document Type: Article

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