One hundred seventy-five consecutive patients with soft tissue sarcoma of the limb and limb girdle were studied using univariate and multivariate analysis. The most important factor determining risk of local recurrence was the quality of treatment of the primary tumor, with wide or radical surgery p
Locally recurrent soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities
β Scribed by Gregory P. Midis; Raphael E. Pollock; Nancy P. Chen; Barry W. Feig; Anne Murphy; Alan Pollack; Peter W.T. Pisters
- Book ID
- 117221123
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 33 KB
- Volume
- 123
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0039-6060
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