In childhood, soft tissue sarcomas comprise a complex group of malignancies of varied histologic subtypes, the prognoses of which depend on the histology, age, site, extent of involvement and a variety of other factors. This paper discusses the varieties of tumors classified as soft tissue sarcomas
Intrathoracic soft tissue sarcomas in children
β Scribed by William M. Crist; R. Beverly Raney Jr.; William Newton; Walter Lawrence Jr.; Melvin Tefft; Mary A. Foulkes; For the intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma study committee
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 574 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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