The value of postoperative radiotherapy in childhood nonrhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 587-593

  Paulino, Arnold C ^a,d   Ritchie, Justine ^b   Wen, B Chen ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Local control; Nonrhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4744371961     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20117     Document Type: Article

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