Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of soft tissue: A proposal for risk stratification based on 49 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 924-927

  Deyrup, Andrea T ^a,d   Tighiouart, Mourad ^b   Montag, Anthony G ^c   Weiss, Sharon W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; Grading; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS; MITOSIS RATE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 46249097966     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31815bf8e6     Document Type: Article

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