Oral Oncology
Volume 40, Issue 9 , Pages 890-897 , October 2004

Head and neck soft tissue sarcomas of adult: prognostic value of surgery in multimodal therapeutic approach

  • Nicolas Penel

      Affiliations

    • General Oncology Department, Centre Oscar Lambret, 3, rue F Combemale 59020, Lille, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33-3-20295920; fax: +33-3-20295963
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  • Christophe Van Haverbeke

      Affiliations

    • Head and Neck Cancer Department, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Eric Lartigau

      Affiliations

    • Radiotherapy Department, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Marie-Odile Vilain

      Affiliations

    • Pathology Unit, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France
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  • Jean Ton Van

      Affiliations

    • Head and Neck Cancer Department, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Yann Mallet

      Affiliations

    • Head and Neck Cancer Department, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Louis Lefebvre

      Affiliations

    • Head and Neck Cancer Department, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France

Received 25 March 2004 ,Accepted 14 April 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2004.04.001

Oral Oncology
Volume 40, Issue 9 , Pages 890-897 , October 2004

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