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Annals of Surgical Oncology
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology 10/2008

01-10-2008 | Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Staging of Soft Tissue Sarcoma: What Is New?

Author: Murray F. Brennan, MD

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 10/2008

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Excerpt

In this issue of the journal, Drs. Lahat, Pollock, and their colleagues from the MD Anderson Cancer Center present “New perspectives for staging and prognosis in soft tissue sarcoma”.1 What is new is in the eyes of the beholder. Ten years ago there was an editorial addressing similar issues.2 Is 10 years a short time or a long time? In millennia it is of no consequence, in a professional life time it may be 25%. What is clear is that we as a profession are hard to convince and slow to change. …
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Metadata
Title
Staging of Soft Tissue Sarcoma: What Is New?
Author
Murray F. Brennan, MD
Publication date
01-10-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 10/2008
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-008-0093-x

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