Primary malignant tumours of bone and soft tissue in the elderly

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 877-883

  Buchner, Matthias ^a   Bernd, L ^a   Zahlten Hinguranage, A ^a   Sabo, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone and soft tissue tumours; Chondrosarcoma; Old patients; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444333477     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2004.06.013     Document Type: Article

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