Synovial sarcoma of children and adolescents: The prognostic role of axial sites

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1202-1209

  Ferrari, Andrea ^a   Bisogno, Gianni ^b   Alaggio, Rita ^b   Cecchetto, Giovanni ^b   Collini, Paola ^a   Rosolen, Angelo ^b   Meazza, Cristina ^a   Indolfi, Paolo ^c   Garaventa, Alberto ^d   De Sio, Luigi ^e   D'Angelo, Paolo ^f   Tamaro, Paolo ^g   Casanova, Michela ^a   Carli, Modesto ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Ospedale dei Bambini G Di Cristina   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axial sites; Childhood soft tissue sarcomas; Non rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas; Prognostic factors; Synovial sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; LARYNX; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; NECK; NOSE CAVITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHARYNX; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEUM; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRUNK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44449110447     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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