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Guideline and oncology

Prognostic factors for local recurrence and mortality in adult soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities and trunk wall

A cohort study of 922 consecutive patients

Katja Maretty-NielsenSarcoma Center;Department of Experimental Clinical OncologyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ninna Aggerholm-PedersenSarcoma Center;Department of Experimental Clinical Oncology;Department of Oncology
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Akmal SafwatSarcoma Center;Department of Oncology
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Peter Holmberg JørgensenSarcoma Center;Department of Orthopedic Surgery E5
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Bjarne H HansenSarcoma Center;Department of Orthopedic Surgery E5
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Steen BaerentzenSarcoma Center;Department of Pathology
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Alma B PedersenDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
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Johnny KellerSarcoma Center;Department of Orthopedic Surgery E5
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Pages 323-332 | Received 06 Jun 2013, Accepted 10 Feb 2014, Published online: 03 Apr 2014

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