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ELECTRONIC SARCOMA UPDATE NEWSLETTER
FEBRUARY 2005

Volume 2, Number 1

Feature Articles

The Benefits of Friendship

Editorial by Bruce Shriver

Osteosarcoma

Dr. Peter Buecker, Dr. Mark Gebhardt, and Dr. Kristy Weber present an up-to-date overview of osteosarcoma which contains an extensive set of references.

Are there - or should there be - pediatric sarcoma centers?

Joan Darling explores this important issue. Her conclusions are very interestings.

Guidelines for Physicians

Dr. Murray Brennan shares some of his insights for physicians dealing with cancer patients.

An Update on the Kristen Ann Carr Fund

David Marsh reviews some of the wonderful accomplishments of the KACF and hints to some of the future activities.

Sarcoma Service Guidelines in the UK

Roger Wilson, a leiomyosarcoma survivor, discusses guidelines currently under discussion in the UK for dealing with sarcoma patients.

Vaccine Study at the University of Michigan

The Brian Morden Foundation and the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative join forces to fund vaccine research at the University of Michigan.

When Chemotherapy Ends (unexpected side effects)

Jennifer Weir, the mother of a young boy with Ewing's sarcoma, discusses some of her hopes, fears, and concerns in dealing with his disease.

Dr. Wexler Joins Medical Editorial Advisory Board

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Leonard Wexler of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has joined our Medical Editorial Advisory Board.

Copyright © 2005 Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative.


The Electronic Sarcoma Update Newsletter is an online peer-reviewed newsletter that contains articles of interest to patients, caregivers, physicians, and nurses. ESUN is published bi-monthly and has regular columns discussing:

  • Specific sarcomas
  • Current issues in sarcoma treatment
  • Participatory medicine
  • Recent research findings
  • Answers to readers' questions
  • Stories of courage and hope av

ESUN has an outstanding Medical Editorial Board and is a vital source of information for thousands of readers worldwide. There is a Printable Handout About ESUN available for distribution.

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Medical Editorial and Advisory Board

Jean-Yves Blay, MD, PhD, Université Claude Bernard in Lyon, France
Edwin Choy, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Frederick (Fritz) Eilber, MD, UCLA Medical Center
Charles Forscher, MD, Cedars-Sinai 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
Ian Judson, MD, The Royal Marsden in London, United Kingdom
Mary Louise Keohan, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
David Loeb, MD, PhD, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Crystal Mackall, MD, National Cancer Institute
David Malkin, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada
Paul A. Meyers, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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

Honorary Medical Advisory and Editorial Board

Laurence Baker, DO, Southwest Oncology Group and SARC
Murray Brennan, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Ole Steen Nielsen, MD, University of Aarhus in Aarhus, Denmark

Editor-in-Chief

Bruce Shriver, PhD

Associate Editor

Mary Sorens

Editorial Staff

Odds and Ends: Tom Swartz, Elizabeth Goldstein-Rice, and MiMi Olsson
Stories of Courage and Hope: Tom Swartz, Elizabeth Goldstein-Rice, and MiMi Olsson
Research Corner: Bruce Shriver, PhD and Tom Swartz

Copy Editors

Beverly Shriver, RN
Tom Swartz

Sarcoma Advocacy Advisory Committee

Elizabeth Goldstein-Rice
MiMi Olsson
Christian "Bob" Pfeiffer

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