LATEST NEWS ABOUT SARCOMAS
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- Partial response to erlotinib in a patient with imatinib-refractory sacral chordomaby Saurav Verma, Surya Prakash Vadlamani, Shamim Ahmed Shamim, Adarsh Barwad, Sameer Rastogi and S. T. Arun Raj on 12 December, 2020 at 00:00
Chordoma is a rare, slow growing and locally aggressive mesenchymal neoplasm with uncommon distant metastases. It is a chemo-resistant disease with surgery and radiotherapy being the mainstay in treatment of l...
- Locally recurrent extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma of the shoulder: a case of complete neoadjuvant radiotherapy responseby Luca Improta, Sergio Valeri, Rossana Alloni, Chiara Pagnoni, Francesco Mallozzi Santa Maria, Beniamino Brunetti, Carlo Greco, Irene Aprile, Mirella Maselli, Bruno Vincenzi and Alessandro Gronchi on 11 December, 2020 at 00:00
Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma (EMC) is a rare soft tissue tumor that typically affects the lower limbs of men between the ages of 50 and 60. EMC of the shoulder is rare with a high risk of local recurren...
- The role of prognostic nutritional index in the management of pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinomaby Yan Wang, Yu Cao and Junfeng Liu on 7 December, 2020 at 00:00
Pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma is characterized by poor survival rates compared with other non-small cell lung cancer. Prognostic nutritional index has significant prognostic value in many malignant tumors. W...
- Ifosfamide-induced encephalopathy: the EEG with frontal intermittent delta activity, and rapid resolution with methylene blue: A...by Juliette E. Hamilton, Michael Alexander and Fergal C. Kelleher on 28 November, 2020 at 00:00
Encephalopathy is an established side effect of the chemotherapeutic agent, ifosfamide, occurring in 10–30% of cases. The EEG commonly shows non-specific features of encephalopathy, and rarely shows frontal in...
- Simultaneous diagnosis of liver PEComa in a family with known Li–Fraumeni syndrome: a case reportby María del Mar Galera López, Iván Márquez Rodas, Carolina Agra Pujol, Ángela García Pérez, Enrique Velasco Sánchez and Rosa Álvarez Álvarez on 24 November, 2020 at 00:00
Li–Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is an autosomal dominant hereditary disease. It is associated with the loss of function of the p53 protein and an increased risk of malignant tumor development at early age. The most...
