A sub-Saharan African experience in the surgical management of soft tissue sarcomas in an oncology unit in: a retrospective cohort study

Omobolaji Oladayo Ayandipo; Oludolapo Ola Afuwape; Oluwafunmilayo Yewande Soneye; Akintunde Taiwo Orunmuyi; Gbolahan Oladeles Obajimi

doi:10.11604/pamj.2019.33.207.15970

The Pan African Medical Journal (Jul 2019)

A sub-Saharan African experience in the surgical management of soft tissue sarcomas in an oncology unit in: a retrospective cohort study

Omobolaji Oladayo Ayandipo,
Oludolapo Ola Afuwape,
Oluwafunmilayo Yewande Soneye,
Akintunde Taiwo Orunmuyi,
Gbolahan Oladeles Obajimi

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Omobolaji Oladayo Ayandipo: College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Oludolapo Ola Afuwape: College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Oluwafunmilayo Yewande Soneye: University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
Akintunde Taiwo Orunmuyi: College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Gbolahan Oladeles Obajimi: College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.33.207.15970
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 33, no. 207

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INTRODUCTION: Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) consist of over 70 histologic subtypes and constitute only 1% of adult malignancies. The fulcrum of management is surgical resection with neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment-chemoradiation.

Published in The Pan African Medical Journal

ISSN: 1937-8688 (Online)
Publisher: The Pan African Medical Journal
Country of publisher: Kenya
LCC subjects: Medicine
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