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In This Issue |
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Feature
Articles |
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Some Important
Milestones: Over $1 Million Dollars Raised and 21 Research Studies Funded
Editorial by Bruce
Shriver, PhD |
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CTOS Op Ed:
PET and Sarcoma
Janet Eary, MD and Ernest Conrad, MD
contend that time has come for PET imaging to be accepted by the sarcoma
community as an important contributor of patient specific information for
treatment planning and assessment. |
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High throughput miRNA expression profiling for well
differentiated and de-differentiated liposarcoma
Dina Lev, MD and Matt van de Rijn, MD,
PhD describe their research to identify unique microRNA expression profiles of
well differentiated and de-differentiated liposarcoma.
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PEDF: a potential therapeutic agent for osteosarcoma
Peter Choong, MD and Crispin Dass, PhD describe their research
into PEDF which
combines basic science investigations with
a prominent translational element. |
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EWS/FLI and its targets in Ewing’s sarcoma: a progress
report and future directions
Stephen Lessnick, MD, PhD.
describes research
that is focused on understanding the function of NR0B1 in Ewing’s sarcoma. |
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A mouse
model of chordoma
Brain Harfe,
PhD describes his research into the development of a mouse model for
chordoma which has the potential to speed up
the development of new therapies for chordoma. |
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The International Sarcoma Awareness Week
Bruce Shriver and Mary Sorens summarize the 2008 iSAW and describe
infrastructure enhancements for the 2009 Team Sarcoma Initiative events. |
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A
Brief Update on
SARC
Denise Reinke, MS, NP, President and
Chief Operations Officer of SARC |
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An Update on the SFA Patient Registry
Matthew Alsante, Executive Director, Sarcoma
Foundation of America |
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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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Quality-of-Life Assessment for Routine Oncology Clinical Practice
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PET for Sarcomas Other Than Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
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Project FLAG
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Cancer Survivor
Research Conference Presentations Available |
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Brostallicin as First Line Therapy for Advanced or
Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma |
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The National Cancer Institute's Understanding Cancer
Series of Tutorials |
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Epigenetics at the Epicenter of Modern Medicine
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BioAlive |
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CELLS Alive
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European Bioinformatics Institute
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Pediatric Non-rhabdomyosarcoma Soft Tissue Sarcomas
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Study Reveals Inconsistencies in Access to Drugs for
Rare Cancers in England |
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Research Corner
Abstracts of recent sarcoma-related research articles. In this issue:
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Modes of resistance to anti-angiogenic therapy
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EGFR and erbB2 in malignant peripheral nerve sheath
tumors and implications for targeted therapy
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Diagnostic and prognostic gene expression signatures
in 177 soft tissue sarcomas: hypoxia-induced
transcription profile signifies metastatic potential
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Clinical Significance of CXC Chemokine Receptor-4
and c-Met in Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma
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Intraarterial Chemotherapy for Extremity
Osteosarcoma and MFH in Adults
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Fluorescence in situ hybridization is a useful
ancillary diagnostic tool for extraskeletal myxoid
chondrosarcoma |
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Synovial sarcoma of children and
adolescents: The prognostic role of axial sites
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DAX1, a direct target of EWS/FLI1
oncoprotein, is a principal regulator of cell-cycle
progression in Ewing's tumor cells
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A Pilot Study of Consolidative
Immunotherapy in Patients with High-Risk Pediatric
Sarcomas |
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Midkine Enhances
Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Growth: A Possible Novel
Therapeutic Target |
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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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Cancer survivors turn experiences into theatrical
performances |
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Three-year-old survives sarcoma |
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Remembering Lindsey Sowles
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Tyler Copley dies after long bout with cancer
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Tributes to young man who died from alveolar
rhabdomyosarcoma |
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"Reid’s Ride" raises $75,000
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"Soccer 'Round the Clock"
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Team Kevin Fitz
takes up Challenge |
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Teenager Wins
Battle Her Father Lost |
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Pastor Uses Faith To Battle Sarcoma
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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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Bridge Tournament in the Netherlands
Raises $58,000 for Ewing's Sarcoma Research
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Participants in the Dublin Mini Marathon
Raise over $18,000 for Osteosarcoma Research
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2009 Team Sarcoma Event Planning Underway
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The Faces of Sarcoma
Project
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The "Sarcoma Knows No Borders" Bracelet
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Team Sarcoma T-Shirts and other Odds & Ends
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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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