Centralised treatment of soft tissue sarcomas in adults

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 102-110

  Pérez Romasanta, Luis A ^a   Luis, Ángel Montero ^a   Capdevila, Ramona Verges ^a   Cotelo, Alfonso Mariño ^a   Rico Pérez, José M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CIUDAD REAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Audit; Guidelines; Medical practice; Multidisciplinary treatment; Soft tissue sarcomas

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 43749116473     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-008-0162-4     Document Type: Review

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