Amputation for extremity soft tissue sarcoma does not increase overall survival: A retrospective cohort study

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1178-1183

  Alamanda, V K ^a   Crosby, S N ^a   Archer, K R ^a   Song, Y ^a   Schwartz, H S ^a   Holt, G E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Limb salvage; Local recurrence; Metastasis; Soft tissue sarcoma; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE SURGERY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868380366     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2012.08.024     Document Type: Article

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