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Bone and soft tissue sarcomas are often curable—But at what cost?
Author(s) -
Barr Ronald D.,
Wunder Jay S.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.24458
Subject(s) - medicine , soft tissue , bone sarcoma , amputation , surgery , quality of life (healthcare) , sarcoma , osteosarcoma , pathology , nursing
Even if the number of amputations per year has decreased with time, limb salvage surgery may not offer a better functional outcome and health‐related quality of life for young people with bone and soft tissue sarcomas of the lower limb.