Effect of marital status on treatment and survival of extremity soft tissue sarcoma

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 725-729

  Alamanda, V K ^a   Song, Y ^a   Holt, G E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrepancies; Marital status; Soft tissue sarcoma; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINE AND GRAY MODEL; HUMAN; INCOME; LEG; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

DISCREPANCIES; MARITAL STATUS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVAL;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84896839279     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt583     Document Type: Article

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