Primary sarcoma of the mediastinum: A report of 16 cases referred to the british columbia cancer agency

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 898-906

  Paquette, Matthew ^a   Truong, Pauline T ^a,b   Hart, Jason ^a,b   Jones, Stuart O ^a   Martens, Benjamin ^a,b   Christie, Jennifer L ^a   Alexander, Cheryl ^a   Joe, Howard ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Mediastinum; Radiotherapy; Sarcoma; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; MESNA; VINCRISTINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA;

EID: 77953146474     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181d8fe80     Document Type: Article

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