The Use of Radiation Therapy in Localized High-Grade Soft Tissue Sarcoma and Potential Impact on Survival

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2831-2838

  Hou, Chun Han ^a   Lazarides, Alexander L ^b   Speicher, Paul J ^c   Nussbaum, Daniel P ^c   Blazer, Daniel G ^c   Kirsch, David G ^c   Brigman, Brian E ^c   Eward, William C ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIPOSARCOMA; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE AGED; RADICAL RESECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84938989090     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-015-4639-4     Document Type: Article

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