Examination of national lymph node evaluation practices for adult extremity soft tissue sarcoma

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 682-688

  Sherman, Karen L ^a   Kinnier, Christine V ^a,b   Farina, Domenico A ^a   Wayne, Jeffrey D ^a   Laskin, William B ^a,c   Agulnik, Mark ^a,c   Attar, Samer ^a,c   Hayes, John P ^a,c   Peabody, Terrance ^a,c   Bilimoria, Karl Y ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymph node excision; Lymphatic metastasis; Neoplasms; Retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SIZE; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; EXTREMITY SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HISTIOCYTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE EVALUATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; LIMB; LYMPH NODE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; SARCOMA; SECONDARY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM GRADING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84912036534     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.23687     Document Type: Article

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