Myxofibrosarcoma: Prognostic factors and survival in a series of patients treated at a single institution

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 720-725

  Sanfilippo, Roberta ^a   Miceli, Rosalba ^a   Grosso, Federica ^a,b   Fiore, Marco ^a   Puma, Elisa ^a   Pennacchioli, Elisabetta ^a   Barisella, Marta ^a   Sangalli, Claudia ^a   Mariani, Luigi ^a   Casali, Paolo G ^a   Gronchi, Alessandro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYXOFIBROSARCOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HISTIOCYTOMA, MALIGNANT FIBROUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79955732492     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-1341-4     Document Type: Article

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