Nonreferral of possible soft tissue sarcomas in adults: A dangerous omission in policy

Sarcoma

Volumn 2009, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Abellan, Juan F ^a   Lamo De Espinosa, José M ^a   Duart, Julio ^a   Patiño García, Ana ^a   Martin Algarra, Salvador ^a   Martínez Monge, Rafael ^a   San Julian, Mikel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 75149135192     PISSN: 1357714X     EISSN: 13691643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/827912     Document Type: Article

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