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In This Issue |
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Feature
Articles |
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Someone has always been there to do what
needs to be done
Editorial by Bruce
Shriver, PhD |
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CTOS Op Ed:
The creation of a robust registry of sarcoma
patients and biological resources
Paul A. Meyers, MD
discusses why all of us in the sarcoma community would benefit from the
creation of a robust registry of sarcoma patients and biological resources. |
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Well-differentiated and de-differentiated
retroperitoneal liposarcoma: a paradigm for histology specific multimodality
therapy
Kerrington Smith, MD, Guy Lahat, MD,
Raphael Pollock, MD, PhD
and Dina Lev, MD discuss
two distinct surgical and multidisciplinary approaches to managing well
differentiated and dedifferentiated liposarcomas.
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A Research Study
Progress Report: microRNA Deregulation in Mesenchymal Transformation and
Sarcomagenesis
Eva Hernando, PhD describes her ongoing research in
microDNA deregulation. |
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Characterization of WWOX tumor suppressor gene in osteosarcoma
Jilong Yang, MD, PhD and Wei Zhang, PhD
describe research aimed at determining if
the WWOX gene is an important tumor suppressor gene in osteosarcoma. |
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Participatory Medicine: an End to Rational Ignorance in
Medicine
Gilles Frydman discusses why participatory medicine must be a collaborative
driven approach to medicine. |
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An Update on GIST Support
International
Lee Ann Lamb |
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An Update on
the Jennifer Hunter Yates Sarcoma Foundation
Susan Erickson
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An Update on The Chris Lucas Trust
Lynn Lucas |
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A Partial Index to Articles that have
Appeared in ESUN
We give an updated partial index to ESUN articles. |
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Regular
Columns |
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Clinical
Trial News
Tom Swartz
describes various
clinical trials.
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Currently Accepting Eligible Patients (not previously published in
ESUN) |
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Not
Yet Recruiting Patients (not previously published in ESUN) |
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Odds & Ends
Pointers to resources and abstracts of
interesting articles. In this issue:
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Heart failure associated with
sunitinib malate |
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Management of Cancer Pain: Basic Principles and
Neuropathic Cancer Pain |
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Parenting Stress in Pediatric Oncology Populations |
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Sarcoma Advocate Claims Inquiry Into Fast-tracking
of Avastin Could Hurt Cancer Drug Development |
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Better Cancer Cell–Specific Therapies |
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Potential Viral Therapy Weapon Is Safe And Effective
In Mouse Study |
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Researchers in Australia Pinpoint the
Function of a Potent Cancer Gene |
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Ewing sarcoma: historical
perspectives, current state-of-the-art, and
opportunities for targeted therapy in the future |
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New targets for therapy of sarcoma |
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Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Present Positive Phase II
Sarcoma Trial Results at ASCO Annual Meeting
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Research Corner
Abstracts of recent sarcoma-related research articles. In this issue:
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Resectable
Well-Differentiated versus Dedifferentiated Liposarcomas: Two
Different Diseases Possibly Requiring Different Treatment Approaches |
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Effective in vivo
targeting of the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway in malignant
peripheral nerve sheath tumors |
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The role of
radiation in improving survival for early-stage carcinosarcoma and
leiomyosarcoma |
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Fas Death Pathway
in Sarcomas Correlates with Epidermal Growth Factor Transcription |
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Histone
Deacetylase Inhibitors Reverse SS18-SSX–Mediated Polycomb Silencing
of the Tumor Suppressor Early Growth Response 1 in Synovial Sarcoma |
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The Estrogen
Receptor Pathway in Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Role for Estrogen Receptor-β
in Proliferation and Response to the Antiestrogen 4'OH-Tamoxifen |
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Epidermal Growth
Factor Receptor Blockade in Combination with Conventional
Chemotherapy Inhibits Soft Tissue Sarcoma Cell
Growth in Vitro and In Vivo |
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Prognostic Significance of Macrophage Infiltration
in Leiomyosarcomas |
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Critical Role of Notch Signaling in Osteosarcoma
Invasion and Metastasis |
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Preliminary Data
Presented on CP-751,871 in Sarcoma |
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Phase I/II Study of Targeted Gene Delivery In Vivo
Intravenous Infusions of REXIN-G Demonstrates Dose-Dependent
Anti-Tumor Activity Without Toxicity in Patients With Progressive
Chemo-Resistant Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma |
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Stories of Courage and Hope
Tom Swartz abstracts several
inspiring stories we have recently encountered
about patients or
caregivers that tell of the strength that some are blessed
with in dealing with sarcoma.
In this issue:
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Firefighter Renews Battle Against Osteosarcoma With Experimental
Treatment |
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Minneapolis PR
exec hopes to beat odds, survive bout with rare bone cancer |
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Ready to Run:
Fighting Back from Bout with Cancer |
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Teen battling
sarcoma hopes to build home for African AIDS orphans |
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Wedel Survives
Sarcoma, Gets Back In The Game |
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Friends, family
share memories of teenager who battled cancer |
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Our Initiatives
Brief descriptions of some of the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma
Initiative projects are presented. In
this issue:
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Team Sarcoma Event planning is
underway as part of the 2008 Team Sarcoma Initiative
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The Faces of Sarcoma
Project
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The "Sarcoma Knows No Borders" Bracelet
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Music CD,
The
Circle, Benefits Sarcoma Research
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Clinical trial abstracts now exceed
300
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Guest Book
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General
Information |
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Disclaimer |
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Medical Editorial Board and Editorial Staff |
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