Long-term results following postoperative radiotherapy for soft tissue sarcomas of the extremity

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1003-1009

  McGee, Lisa ^a   Indelicato, Daniel J ^a,b   Dagan, Roi ^a   Morris, Christopher G ^a   Knapik, Jacquelyn A ^a   Reith, John D ^a   Scarborough, Mark T ^a   Gibbs, C Parker ^a   Marcus Jr , Robert B ^a,b   Zlotecki, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Postoperative radiotherapy; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY; TISSUE; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

CAUSE-SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; METHODS AND MATERIALS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES; OVERALL SURVIVAL RATES; POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; LIMB SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; LIMB; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXTREMITIES; FLORIDA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872046337     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.01.074     Document Type: Article

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