Clinicopathologic study of 24 patients with primary cardiac sarcomas: a 10-year single institution experience

Human Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 933-938

  Kim, Chul Hwan ^a,b   Dancer, Jane Y ^a   Coffey, Donna ^a   Zhai, Qihui J ^a   Reardon, Michael ^c   Ayala, Alberto G ^a   Ro, Jae Y ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Heart; Leiomyosarcoma; Malignant neoplasm; Sarcoma; Synovial sarcoma; Unclassified sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TUMOR VOLUME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 44449106543     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.12.018     Document Type: Article

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