Diagnosis and Management of Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Advances in Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue C, 2008, Pages 219-228

  Scoggins, Charles R ^a   Pisters, Peter W T ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50049119662     PISSN: 00653411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yasu.2008.04.002     Document Type: Review

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