Editorial: Are radical compartmental resections for retroperitoneal sarcomas justified?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1481-1484

  Raut, Chandrajit P ^a   Swallow, Carol J ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROPERITONEAL SARCOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954818480     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-1061-9     Document Type: Editorial

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