Prognostic effects of doctor-associated diagnostic delays in osteosarcoma

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1421-1425

  Kim, Min Suk ^a   Lee, Soo Yong ^a   Cho, Wan Hyeong ^a   Song, Won Seok ^a   Koh, Jae Soo ^a   Lee, Jun Ah ^a   Yoo, Ji Young ^a   Shin, Duk Seop ^b   Jeon, Dae Geun ^a  

^a Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diagnostic delay; Osteosarcoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BONE INFECTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL ERROR; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSARCOMA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69249228503     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-009-0851-7     Document Type: Article

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