Hematology/Oncology

• Meeting News Coverage

• Thoracic endografts may allow safe resection of tumors in aorta

• May 23, 2013
• Thoracic aortic endografting allowed safe en bloc resection of tumors invading the aortic wall, particularly for tumors that extended into the aortic wall...More »

• Nomograms predicted OS, DFS in retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma

• April 18, 2013
• Two straightforward, multi-institution nomograms accurately predicted OS and DFS in a cohort of patients with retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma.
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• Meeting News Coverage

• Amputation yields better quality of life than limb salvage for children with limb sarcomas

• March 23, 2013
• CHICAGO — After primary resection, patients with lower extremity and upper extremity bone or soft tissue sarcomas treated with either limb...More »

• Editorial

• Molecular profiling can improve outcomes in soft tissue sarcoma

• HemOnc Today, March 10, 2013
  Brian A. Van Tine, MD, PhD
• Brian A. Van Tine
  
  Last fall’s ESMO and Connective Tissue Oncology Society conferences gave us reasons to continue the journey along the road to...More »

• In the Journals

• Study: Low radiation levels in atomic bomb survivors could lead to soft-tissue sarcoma

• Orthopedics Today, March 2013
• New results from the prospective, longitudinal Life Span Study of Japanese atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki show that low levels of...More »

• FDA approvals

• FDA approves generic version of Doxil

• HemOnc Today, March 25, 2013
• The FDA today approved the first generic version of the cancer drug doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome injection, used to treat ovarian cancer,...More »

• In the Journals

• ‘Cone-down’ radiation boost reduced treatment volume without losing tumor control

• January 24, 2013
• A radiation “cone-down” boost was associated with treatment volume reductions of more than 50% in a cohort of patients with pediatric...More »

• In the Journals

• Sorafenib shows promise for patients with advanced soft tissue sarcomas

• HemOnc Today, April 25, 2013
• Sorafenib appears to be a promising treatment for patients with leiomyosarcoma, according to results from a phase 2 study.
  Researchers conducted the...More »

• In the Journals

• Combination imaging technique detected recurrence in sarcoma

• HemOnc Today, January 25, 2013
• Combination analysis with [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT was 20% more accurate than contrast-enhanced CT alone in detecting bone or soft tissue sarcoma,...More »

• Stem cells permitted easier identification of childhood sarcoma

• January 3, 2013
• Pediatric oncologist David Loeb, MD, director of the Musculoskeletal Tumor Program at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center discusses his research in ......More »

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