Recent advances in the diagnosis and pathogenesis of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)-associated peripheral nervous system neoplasms

JF Longo, SM Weber, BP Turner-Ivey… - Advances in anatomic …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
The diagnosis of a neurofibroma or a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST)
often raises the question of whether the patient has the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis …

Prognostic factors for soft tissue sarcoma patients with lung metastases only who are receiving first‐line chemotherapy: An exploratory, retrospective analysis of the …

LH Lindner, S Litiere, S Sleijfer… - … journal of cancer, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The prognosis of adult soft tissue sarcoma (STS) patients with metastases is generally poor.
As little is known about the impact of the involvement of different metastatic sites and the …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment with epigenetic agents profoundly inhibits tumor growth in leiomyosarcoma

CDC Fischer, Y Hu, M Morreale, WY Lin, A Wali… - Oncotarget, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Leiomyosarcomas are rare mesenchymal neoplasms characterized by a smooth muscle
differentiation pattern. Due to the extremely poor prognosis in patients, the development of …

Central nervous system metastasis from osteosarcoma: case report and literature review

MT Nieto-Coronel, AD López-Vásquez… - Reports of Practical …, 2018 - journals.viamedica.pl
Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignancy of bone in children and young
adults, the highest incidence peak is during adolescence and doesn't have any gender …

Condrosarcomas óseos: características clínicas y resultados quirúrgicos en cinco años

R Esparza-Romero, EJ Cortés-Torres… - Revista Médica del …, 2018 - medigraphic.com
Introducción: la conducta biológica de los condrosarcomas, así como su comportamiento
clínico y pronóstico están ampliamente relacionados con el grado histológico, la …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating therapies for surgical adult soft tissue sarcoma patients

DP Milgrom, A Sehdev, JK Kays… - Translational …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Sarcomas are an uncommon group of over 50 different individual histological malignancies
arising from mesenchymal (non-epithelial or connective) tissues. Overall, they constitute 1 …

MLN8237 treatment in an orthoxenograft murine model for malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors

R Payne, OD Mrowczynski, B Slagle-Webb… - Journal of …, 2018 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are soft-tissue sarcomas
arising from peripheral nerves. MPNSTs have increased expression of the oncogene aurora …

[PDF][PDF] Clinicopathological pattern of soft tissue sarcoma in a tertiary health institution in North Western Nigeria

MU Aliyu, EC Okuofo, CO Okwonna, SM Sahabi - Int J Res Med Sci, 2018 - academia.edu
Background: Soft tissue sarcomas are a rare group of heterogeneous tumours that consist of
several neoplasia which differentiate into different cell lines. They could arise from the …

Perioperative chemotherapy is not associated with improved survival in high-grade truncal sarcoma

YY Peter, EW Beal, TM Hughes, LP Suarez-Kelly… - Journal of Surgical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background The treatment benefit of perioperative chemotherapy (CTX) for truncal soft
tissue sarcoma (STS) is not well established. This study evaluates the association of CTX …

Two case reports of fair lower limb function after sciatic nerve sacrifice for the treatment of a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor

A Shimatani, M Aono, M Hoshi, N Oebisu, T Iwai… - International cancer …, 2018 - Springer
Wide resection for malignant soft tissue tumors may require resection of a major nerve.
When a limb salvage procedure is selected in these cases, the anticipated functional …