Adverse effect of older age on the recurrence of soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities and trunk

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 30, 2011, Pages 4029-4035

  Biau, David J ^a   Ferguson, Peter C ^a   Turcotte, Robert E ^b   Chung, Peter ^a   Isler, Marc H ^c   Riad, Soha ^a   Griffin, Anthony M ^a   Catton, Charles N ^a   O'Sullivan, Brian ^a   Wunder, Jay S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CANADA; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TORSO;

EID: 80054764371     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2010.34.0711     Document Type: Article

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