MFH revisited: Outcome after surgical treatment of undifferentiated pleomorphic or not otherwise specified (NOS) sarcomas of the extremities-an analysis of 140 patients

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 394, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 313-320

  Lehnhardt, Marcus ^a   Daigeler, Adrien ^a   Homann, Heinz H ^a   Schwaiberger, Vanessa ^a   Goertz, Ole ^a   Kuhnen, Cornelius ^a   Steinau, Hans U ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extremity; Local recurrence; Malignant fibrous histiocytoma; NOS sarcoma; Pleomorphic sarcoma; Prognostic factor; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMB TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UNDIFFERENTIATED PLEOMORPHIC SARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISTIOCYTOMA, MALIGNANT FIBROUS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449090129     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-008-0368-5     Document Type: Article

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