Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: A case series of 16 patients treated in a single institution with literature review

Anticancer Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3775-3779

  Archontaki, Maria ^a   Korkolis, Dimitris P ^a   Arnogiannaki, Niki ^a   Konstantinidou, Charikleia ^a   Georgopoulos, Spyros ^a   Dendrinos, Panagiotis ^a   Zarkadas, Georgios ^a   Kokkalis, Georgios ^a  

^a Agios Savvas Cancer Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans; Surgical treatment; Tumour; Wide local excision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958611273     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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