Radiotherapy for management of extremity soft tissue sarcomas: Why, when, and where?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 572-580

  Haas, Rick L M ^a   Delaney, Thomas F ^b   O'Sullivan, Brian ^c   Keus, Ronald B ^d   Le Pechoux, Cécile ^e   Olmi, Patricia ^f   Poulsen, Jan Peter ^g   Seddon, Beatrice ^h   Wang, Dian ⁱ  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Arnhems Radiotherapeutisch Instituut   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^g OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiotherapy; Soft tissue sarcoma; Target volume delineation

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL REVIEW; LOCAL CONTROL; POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TARGET VOLUME DELINEATION;

TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSENSUS; EDEMA; EXTREMITY SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; JOINT STIFFNESS; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INDUCED BONE FRACTURE; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME; WOUND COMPLICATION;

CONSENSUS; EXTREMITIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SARCOMA; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84866733087     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.01.062     Document Type: Review

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