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Radiation Therapy for Sarcomas

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The use of radiation therapy for the management of sarcomas is time honored; however, newer advances in the field and understanding of its limitations and problems have changed the application considerably. This chapter discusses some of these changes and then addresses certain specific bone and soft tissue tumors.

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  1. Department of Radiation Science, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA

    Amit Maity

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  1. Dept. Pathology, Temple University Hospital, N. Broad St. 3401, Philadelphia, 19140, U.S.A.

    Jasvir S. Khurana

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Maity, A. (2009). Radiation Therapy for Sarcomas. In: Khurana, J. (eds) Bone Pathology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-347-9_18

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