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DNA Ploidy in Soft Tissue Tumors: An Evaluation of the Prognostic Implications in the Different Tumor Types*

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Soft Tissue Tumors

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Pathology ((CT PATHOLOGY,volume 89))

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The prognosis of patients with soft tissue tumors is determined by many factors, among them not only the basic patho-anatomical findings, but also individual influences such as localization, age, overall personal risk factors (operability, etc.), and the chosen therapeutic procedures (Mandard et al. 1989). The patho-anatomical determinants are tumor size, mode and grade of tumor spread at the time of primary diagnosis, histological tumor type or subtype, and histological grading.

Supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Grant Me 895/1–1.

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Mellin, W., Niezabitowski, A., Brockmann, M., Ritter, J., Wuisman, P., Krieg, V. (1995). DNA Ploidy in Soft Tissue Tumors: An Evaluation of the Prognostic Implications in the Different Tumor Types*. In: Harms, D., Schmidt, D. (eds) Soft Tissue Tumors. Current Topics in Pathology, vol 89. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77289-4_6

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