Sarcoma & GIST
Conference Coverage
Chemotherapy, metabolic pathway may affect CAR T-cell potential
Chemotherapy, especially with cyclophosphamide and doxorubicin, seems particularly toxic to T cells.
Case Reports
Anti-PD-1 therapy with nivolumab in the treatment of metastatic malignant PEComa
Perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasms (PEComas) are an uncommon class of tumors consisting on histology of perivascular epithelioid cells...
Case Reports
Tumor lysis syndrome in an adolescent with recurrence of abdominal rhabdomyosarcoma: A case report and literature review
IntroductionTumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is a life-threatening oncologic emergency that results when massive cell breakdown occurs either...
Original Research
Onodera’s Prognostic Nutritional Index in soft tissue sarcoma patients as a predictor of wound complications
Background The ability to predict a wound complication after radiation therapy and surgery for soft tissue sarcomas remains difficult....
Case Reports
Cardiac pleomorphic sarcoma after placement of a Dacron graft
Primary cardiac tumors, either benign or malignant, are very rare. The combined incidence is 0.002% on pooled autopsy series.1 The benign tumors...
Case Reports
Cardiac pleomorphic sarcoma after placement of Dacron graft
From the Editor
Introducing The Sarcoma Journal—The Official Journal of the Sarcoma Foundation of America ™ : An Exciting Initiative in Peer-Reviewed Professional Education and Patient Advocacy
The Sarcoma Journal — Official Journal of the Sarcoma Foundation of America™ represents a new and exciting initiative in professional education....
Case Reports
Pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma presenting as a necrotizing cavitary lung lesion: diagnostic dilemma
Pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma (PSC) is a rare histological subtype that has an aggressive course with average survival of 11-13 months.1 In...
Case Reports
Bilateral chylothorax in an AIDS patient with newly diagnosed Kaposi sarcoma
Kaposi sarcoma is an angioproliferative tumor that is associated with human herpes virus-B (HIV-B). Mucocutaneous disease is the most common site...
Reviews
Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Diagnosis and Treatment
IntroductionSoft tissue sarcomas (STSs) are rare adult tumors, with 3.4 new cases per 100,000 persons or 12,310 expected new cases in 2016.1...