ASO Author Reflections: Benefit of Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Clinical Outcome in Patients with Soft Tissue Sarcoma

R L Haas^{1

2}, J Szkandera³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiotherapy, The Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Radiotherapy, The Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
³ Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. joanna.szkandera@medunigraz.at.

Comment

R L Haas et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2018 Dec.

. 2018 Dec;25(Suppl 3):924-925.

doi: 10.1245/s10434-018-6818-6. Epub 2018 Oct 8.

R L Haas^{1

2}, J Szkandera³

¹ Department of Radiotherapy, The Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Radiotherapy, The Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
³ Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. joanna.szkandera@medunigraz.at.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflict of interest to disclose.

Benefit of Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Local Control, Distant Metastasis, and Survival Outcomes in Patients with Localized Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Comparative Effectiveness Analysis of an Observational Cohort Study.
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