Feature Articles

Some Important Milestones: Over $1 Million Dollars Raised and 21 Research Studies Funded

Editorial by Bruce Shriver, PhD

PET and Sarcoma

CTOS Op Ed: 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A Brief Update on SARC

Denise Reinke, MS, NP, President and Chief Operations Officer of SARC

An Update on the SFA Patient Registry

Matthew Alsante, Executive Director, Sarcoma Foundation of America

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Research Corner

Abstracts of recent sarcoma-related research articles.

Stories of Courage and Hope

Abstracts of inspiring stories we have recently encountered about sarcoma patients, survivors, caregivers and those who have lost a loved one to sarcoma.

Our Intiatives

Brief descriptions of some of the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative projects are presented.

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Pointers to resources and abstracts of interesting articles.

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Medical Editorial and Advisory Board

Laurence Baker, DO, Southwest Oncology Group and SARC
Jean-Yves Blay, MD, PhD, Université Claude Bernard in Lyon, France
Murray Brennan, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Frederick (Fritz) Eilber, MD, UCLA Medical Center
Mark Gebhardt, MD, Harvard University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Richard Gorlick, MD, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Alessandro Gronchi, MD, Istituto Nazionale Tumori in Milan, Italy
Mary Louise Keohan, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Crystal Mackall, MD, National Cancer Institute
David Malkin, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada
Ole Steen Nielsen, MD, University of Aarhus in Aarhus, Denmark
Raphael Pollock, MD, PhD, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
R. Lor Randall, MD, University of Utah, Huntsman Cancer Institute
Piotr Rutkowski, MD, PhD, Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center in Warsaw, Poland
Peter Schlag, MD, PhD, Charité University Hospital in Berlin, Germany
David Thomas, MD, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in East Melbourne, Australia
Margaret von Mehren, MD, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Leonard Wexler, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Jeremy Whelan, MD, University College Hospital in London, United Kingdom