Radiation therapy in the treatment of desmoid tumours reduces surgical indications

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-88

  Rudiger H A ^a,b   Ngan, S Y K ^c   Ng, M ^c   Powell, G J ^a   Choong, P F M ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggressive fibromatosis; Desmoids; Radiation therapy; Resection; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN; THALLIUM; THALLIUM 210; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL FIBROMATOSIS; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESMOID TUMOR; DRUG UPTAKE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS, AGGRESSIVE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 73249143683     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2009.07.183     Document Type: Article

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