Surgery alone is adequate treatment for early stage soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 707-713

  Ai Refeie, W B ^a   Habermann, E B ^a   Jensen, E H ^a   Turtle, T M ^a   Pisters, P W T ^b   Virnig, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951855821     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6946     Document Type: Article

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