Osteosarcoma in patients older than 65 years

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 33, 2008, Pages 5368-5373

  Longhi, Alessandra ^a   Errani, Costantino ^a   Gonzales Arabio, Daniel ^a   Ferrari, Cristina ^a   Mercuri, Mario ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE;

AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OSTEOSARCOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAGET BONE DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 56749092131     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.9104     Document Type: Article

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