Clinicopathological features, diagnosis and treatment of clear cell sarcoma/melanoma of soft parts

Hippokratia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 298-302

  Mavrogenis, Andreas F ^a   Bianchi, G ^b   Stavropoulos, N A ^a   Papagelopoulos, P J ^a   Ruggieri, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clear cell sarcoma; Melanoma of soft parts; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAFFEINE; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; GLYCOGEN; MELANIN;

ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA; BLUE NEVUS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMA; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 12; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 22; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGANGLIOMA; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 84892398882     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: 17908019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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