Osteosarcoma presentation stages at a tumour unit in South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 673-676

  Ferreira, N ^a   Marais, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG SWELLING; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; METAPHYSIS; METASTASIS; OSTEOSARCOMA; PAIN; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ULNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OSTEOSARCOMA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84864398503     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.5835     Document Type: Article

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