Incidence of sarcoma histotypes and molecular subtypes in a prospective epidemiological study with central pathology review and molecular testing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Ducimetière, Françoise ^a   Lurkin, Antoine ^a   Ranchère Vince, Dominique ^a   Decouvelaere, Anne Valérie ^a   Péoc'h, Michel ^b   Istier, Luc ^c   Chalabreysse, Philippe ^c   Muller, Christine ^d   Alberti, Laurent ^a   Bringuier, Pierre Paul ^a   Scoazec, Jean Yves ^a   Schott, Anne Marie ^a   Bergeron, Christophe ^e   Cellier, Dominic ^f   Blay, Jean Yves ^a   Ray Coquard, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c Laboratory of Pathology   (France)

^d Laboratory of Pathology   (France)

^e Institut d'Hematologie et d'Oncologie Pediatrique   (France)

^f Merck KGaA France   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; OSTEOSARCOMA; PATHOLOGIST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; VISCERAL SARCOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961076378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020294     Document Type: Review

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