The management of adult soft tissue sarcomas

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 436-442

  Mendenhall, William M ^a,b,d   Indelicato, Daniel J ^a,b   Scarborough, Mark T ^a   Zlotecki, Robert A ^a   Gibbs, C Parker ^a   Mendenhall, Nancy P ^a,b   Mendenhall, Charles M ^c   Enneking, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c PHOEBE PUTNEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Radiotherapy; Sarcoma; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; MESNA;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; DISTANT METASTASIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69349086516     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e318173a54f     Document Type: Review

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