Clinical outcomes of molecularly confirmed clear cell sarcoma from a single institution and in comparison with data from the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results registry

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2971-2979

  Blazer III, Dan G ^a   Lazar, Alexander J ^a   Xing, Yan ^a   Askew, Robert L ^a   Feig, Barry W ^a   Pisters, Peter W T ^a   Pollock, Raphael E ^a   Lev, Dina ^a   Hunt, Kelly K ^a   Cormier, Janice N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clear cell sarcoma; Disease specific survival; Metastatic lymph node disease; Sarcoma; Stage IV

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SARCOMA; SARCOMA, CLEAR CELL; SEER PROGRAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649579837     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24322     Document Type: Article

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