What is the role of routine follow-up for localised limb soft tissue sarcomas? A retrospective analysis of 174 patients

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2420-2426

  Rothermundt, C ^a   Whelan, J S ^b   Dileo, P ^b   Strauss, S J ^b   Coleman, J ^c   Briggs, T W ^c   Haile, S R ^d   Seddon, B M ^b  

^a Kantonsspital St Gallen Division of Oncology Haematology   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Clinical Trials Unit   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900561239     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.200     Document Type: Article

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