Preoperative and postoperative chemotherapy with ifosfamide and adriamycin for adult high-grade soft-tissue sarcomas in the extremities: Japan clinical oncology group study JCOG0304

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 271-273

  Tanaka, Kazuhiro ^a   Kawamoto, Hiroshi ^b,c   Saito, Isamu ^b   Yoshimura, Kenichi ^b,d   Fukuda, Haruhiko ^b   Iwamoto, Yukihide ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult; Extremity; High grade; Non round cell tumor; Preoperative and postoperative chemotherapy; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOXORUBICIN; EXTREMITIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IFOSFAMIDE; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SARCOMA;

EID: 63849138708     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyn153     Document Type: Article

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