Feature Articles

Making a Difference by Working Together

Editorial by Bruce Shriver, PhD

Cancer Stem Cells in Sarcoma

CTOS Op Ed: Dr. C. Parker Gibbs describes how the cancer stem cell theory works and how it is being used in sarcoma research today.

Letter to the Editor: Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors

Dr. Brigitte Widemann, Senior Investigator at the National Cancer Institute, calls for participants in a study of Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors.

A Preclinical Mouse Model for Uterine Leiomyosarcoma

Drs. Ioffe, Xing, Aspuria, Karlan, and Orsulic, discuss a mouse model of ULMS in which BRCA1, which is silenced in a subset of human ULMS, can augment tumor progression.

2009 International Sarcoma Awareness Week

Bruce Shriver and Mary Sorens summarize the 2009 iSAW and describe infrastructure enhancements for the 2010 Team Sarcoma Initiative events.

Decision Making: Complexities and Variables

Marianne Griffin, RN discusses the variables that affect patient decisions about cancer care.

Leiomyosarcoma Research Grant Awarded

The Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative awards a $25,000 grant to researchers of the Women’s Cancer Research Institute at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Regular Columns

Clinical Trials News

Clinical trials that have been added to our searchable abstracts.

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.

Odds and Ends

Pointers to resources and abstracts of interesting articles.

Sarcoma Calendar

Events of interest to the sarcoma community.

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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