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In This Issue |
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Feature
Articles |
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The International Sarcoma
Awareness Week: July 12-20, 2008
Editorial by Bruce
Shriver, PhD |
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CTOS Op Ed:
Aggressive
Fibromatosis: A Problem for the Sarcoma Team
Randall Burt, MD and David Viskochil,
MD, PhD. state that
desmoid tumor care optimally involves the sarcoma team,
gastroenterologists and geneticists.
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Sarcomas and Cancer Predisposition Syndromes
Abha
Gupta, MD and David Malkin, MD review common genetic or heritable conditions
associated with sarcomas. |
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Buying a Cure
Jerome Groopman, MD provides insight into funding research in
rare diseases. |
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Participatory Medicine and E-Patients
Gilles Frydman and Bruce Shriver discuss an emerging and
important paradigm in healthcare. |
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A Review of the 2008 British Sarcoma Group
Conference
Roger Wilson reviews highlights of the
recently held BSG Conference |
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Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma Fund
Peter Wyckoff reviews the
accomplishments and future the Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma Fund. |
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Some Advice for the Newly Diagnosed:
with a US Armed Forces emphasis
Doug Belvin, a sarcoma
survivor, gives advice to newly diagnosed sarcoma patients based on his own
experience. |
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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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Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act and the NCCS
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The Cancer Survival
Toolbox |
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The depth of
soft-tissue masses is unrelated to likelihood of malignancy, study
suggests |
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Overcoming Cancer with Research (the
DIRECT project) |
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Neoadjuvant
Treatment of Locally Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Limbs: Which
Treatment to Choose? |
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Skeletal Complications
After Bone Marrow Transplant in Childhood
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Orthopedic Oncologist
Introduces New Sarcoma Website |
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Extracts from reishi
mushroom and green tea shows synergistic effect to slow sarcoma
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Cancer and cancer-therapy
related cognitive dysfunction: an international perspective from the Venice
cognitive workshop |
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Epeius Biotechnologies
Awarded U.S. Patent for Targeted Injectable Gene Delivery In Vivo
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ZIOPHARM Presents
Promising Early Data from Phase Ib Study of Indibulin
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Background Noise - The
Experience of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
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Yondelis Granted Orphan
Drug Status By Swiss Agency For Treatment Of Soft Tissue Sarcoma
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At Press Time (11
entries) |
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Research Corner
Abstracts of recent sarcoma-related research articles. In this issue:
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Delays in Referral
of Soft Tissue Sarcomas |
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A Developmental
Model of Sarcomagenesis Defines a Differentiation-Based
Classification for Liposarcomas |
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Compassionate use of bevacizumab (Avastin®) in children
and young adults with refractory or recurrent solid tumors
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p53 status correlates with histopathological response
in patients with soft tissue sarcomas
treated using isolated limb perfusion with TNF-
and melphalan |
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VEGF(165)
expression in the tumor microenvironment influences the
differentiation of bone marrow-derived pericytes that contribute to
the Ewing's sarcoma vasculature |
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Involvement of
Caspase 8 in Apoptosis Induced by Ultrasound-Activated
Hematoporphyrin in Sarcoma 180 Cells In Vitro
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A preclinical model for predicting drug response in
soft-tissue sarcoma with
targeted AAVP molecular imaging
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Treatment of
Ewing's sarcoma using an antisense oligodeoxynucleotide to regulate
the cell cycle |
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The Clinical
Approach Towards Chondrosarcoma |
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Genetic variation
and response to morphine in cancer patients
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Induction of
apoptosis in human chondrosarcoma, synovial sarcoma, liposarcoma and
fibrosarcoma cell lines by a novel nutrient mixture
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EWS-FLI-1
Expression Triggers a Ewing's Sarcoma Initiation Program in Primary
Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell |
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At Press Time (7
entries) |
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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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Childhood cancer
chemotherapy pioneer, Dr. Charlotte Tan, dies at 84
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Path to recovery
paved with kettlebells |
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Teen returns to
tennis court with prosthetic leg
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Reid's Story |
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Teen triumphs
after tragedy |
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Determination
Keeps Racer at High Level |
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Fund-raiser helps
families battling diseases |
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Sammy chosen as
spokes-child for Hyundai's Hope on Wheels
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Girl fighting
cancer helped by plane crash survivor
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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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