Patterns of care in a population-based sample of soft tissue sarcoma patients in the United States

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2744-2754

  Gadgeel, Shirish M ^a,b   Harlan, Linda C ^c   Zeruto, Christopher A ^d   Osswald, Michael ^e   Schwartz, Ann G ^b  

^a 4 HWCRC ^*  (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^e San Antonio Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Patterns of care; SEER; Soft tissue sarcomas

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SARCOMA; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649172570     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24307     Document Type: Article

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