Management of Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 539-557

  Hueman, Matthew T ^a   Thornton, Katherine ^b   Herman, Joseph M ^b   Ahuja, Nita ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; MESNA;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; LIMB TUMOR; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN TOXICITY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SARCOMA;

EID: 44449177083     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2008.04.003     Document Type: Review

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