Cardiac sarcomas: An update

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1483-1489

  Orlandi, Augusto ^a   Ferlosio, Amedeo ^a   Roselli, Mario ^b   Chiariello, Luigi ^b   Spagnoli, Luigi G ^a  

^a Departments of Anatomic Pathology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Classification; Diagnosis; Pleomorphic sarcoma; Therapy; Tumors of the heart

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSARCOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOFIBROMA; FIBROSARCOMA; HEART SARCOMA; HEART TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MYXOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956267933     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181e59a91     Document Type: Review

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