Positive Surgical Margins in Soft Tissue Sarcoma Treated With Preoperative Radiation: Is a Postoperative Boost Necessary?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1191-1197

  Al Yami, Ali ^a   Griffin, Anthony M ^a   Ferguson, Peter C ^a   Catton, Charles N ^b   Chung, Peter W M ^b   Bell, Robert S ^a   Wunder, Jay S ^a   O'Sullivan, Brian ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Local recurrence; Positive margins; Postoperative boost; Radiation therapy; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; JOINT STIFFNESS; LOCAL CONTROL; LOCAL RECURRENCE; MARGIN STATUS; POSITIVE SURGICAL MARGIN; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION THERAPY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

RADIATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIMB SALVAGE; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETREATMENT; SARCOMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953589792     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.06.074     Document Type: Article

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