Impact of postoperative radiation on survival for high-grade soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities after limb sparing radical resection

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-17

  Schreiber, David ^a,b   Rineer, Justin ^c   Katsoulakis, Evangelia ^a   Sroufe, Rameses L ^a   Lange, Christopher S ^a   Nwokedi, Emmanuel ^a   Schwartz, David ^a,b   Choi, Kwang ^a   Rotman, Marvin ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c M D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ORLANDO   (United States)

Author keywords

extremity soft tissue sarcoma; limb sparing surgery; NCI SEER database; radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HIGH GRADE SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMB DISEASE; LIMB SPARING CANCER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SEER PROGRAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856246140     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e3181fe46d4     Document Type: Article

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