Clear cell sarcoma (melanoma of soft parts): The Royal Marsden Hospital experience

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 800-804

  Clark, M A ^a   Johnson, M B ^a   Thway, K ^a   Fisher, C ^a   Thomas, J M ^a   Hayes, A J ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clear cell sarcoma; Melanoma of soft parts; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; DISEASE DURATION; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MELANOMA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA, CLEAR CELL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 51749125576     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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