Cutaneous angiosarcoma of the head and neck: Report of 23 cases from a single institution

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 519-524

  Köhler, Hugo Fontan ^a   Neves, Rogério Izar ^a   Brechtbühl, Eduard Rene ^a   Mattos Granja, Nara Valeria ^a   Ikeda, Mauro Kazuo ^a   Kowalski, Luiz Paulo ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CENTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52149112114     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.07.022     Document Type: Article

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