The role of pulmonary metastasectomy for metastatic soft tissue sarcomas is examined by reviewing the recent (1978-1994) English language literature. There are no prospective studies that contain an appropriate control group, and only one retrospective study contains a matched control group. In thos
Hepatic Metastasectomy for Soft-Tissue Sarcomas: Is It Justified?
โ Scribed by A. Rehders; M. Peiper; N. H. Stoecklein; A. Alexander; E. Boelke; W. T. Knoefel; X. Rogiers
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 244 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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