The significance of size change of soft tissue sarcoma during preoperative radiotherapy

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 678-683

  Miki, Y ^a   Ngan, S ^b   Clark, J C M ^a   Akiyama, T ^a   Choong, P F M ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Preoperative radiation; Soft tissue sarcoma; Tl 201 scan

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 77953913290     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

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