Grading of nonrhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma in children and adolescents: A comparison of parameters used for the Fédération Nationale des Centers de Lutte Contre le Cancer and Pediatric Oncology Group systems

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2266-2274

  Khoury, Joseph D ^a   Coffin, Cheryl M ^b   Spunt, Sheri L ^a,c   Anderson, James R ^d   Meyer, William H ^e   Parham, David M ^e  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Histopathology; Pediatric oncology; Soft tissue sarcoma; Tumor grading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL COUNT; HISTOLOGY; NONRHABDOMYOSARCOMA SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MITOTIC INDEX; PROGNOSIS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951487810     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24929     Document Type: Article

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