Serum albumin is an independent prognostic factor for survival in soft tissue sarcomas

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 198-204

  Barreto Andrade, Juan Camilo ^a   Medina Franco, Heriberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Prognostic factors; Serum albumin; Soft tissue sarcoma; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURGICAL RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CACHEXIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SERUM ALBUMIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349204032     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: 00348376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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