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Diagnosis and Staging of Soft-Tissue Sarcomas

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Manual of Soft-Tissue Tumor Surgery

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Optimal management of soft-tissue sarcomas depends upon establishing the diagnosis and determining the extent of both local and systemic disease. The clinical presentation and the procedures employed for these purposes will be reviewed.

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  1. Division of Surgical Oncology, Medical College of Virginia (Virginia Commonwealth University), MCV Station, Richmond, P.O. Box 11, 23298, Virginia, USA

    Walter Lawrence Jr. M.D. (Professor and Chairman, Director) & James P. Neifeld M.D. (Associate Professor, Member)

  2. Massey Cancer Center, Medical College of Virginia (Virginia Commonwealth University), MCV Station, Richmond, P.O. Box 11, 23298, Virginia, USA

    Walter Lawrence Jr. M.D. (Professor and Chairman, Director) & James P. Neifeld M.D. (Associate Professor, Member)

  3. Department of General Oncologic Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, 91010, Duarte, California, USA

    Jose J. Terz M.D. (Director)

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Lawrence, W., Neifeld, J.P., Terz, J.J. (1983). Diagnosis and Staging of Soft-Tissue Sarcomas. In: Manual of Soft-Tissue Tumor Surgery. Comprehensive Manuals of Surgical Specialties. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5556-7_2

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