The epidemiology of sarcoma

Z Burningham, M Hashibe, L Spector… - Clinical sarcoma …, 2012 - Springer
Sarcomas account for over 20% of all pediatric solid malignant cancers and less than 1% of
all adult solid malignant cancers. The vast majority of diagnosed sarcomas will be soft tissue …

Second malignant neoplasms and cardiovascular disease following radiotherapy

LB Travis, AK Ng, JM Allan, CH Pui… - Journal of the …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Second malignant neoplasms (SMNs) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are among the
most serious and life-threatening late adverse effects experienced by the growing number of …

Incidence and survival of malignant bone sarcomas in England 1979–2007

J Whelan, A McTiernan, N Cooper… - … journal of cancer, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Primary malignant bone sarcomas (MBS) are rare and there are few studies examining their
incidence and outcome. Here, the incidence and survival of all subtypes of MBS registered …

Risk factors associated with secondary sarcomas in childhood cancer survivors: a report from the childhood cancer survivor study

TO Henderson, P Rajaraman, M Stovall… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Childhood cancer survivors have an increased risk of secondary sarcomas. To
better identify those at risk, the relationship between therapeutic dose of chemotherapy and …

Chemotherapy and thyroid cancer risk: a report from the childhood cancer survivor study

LHS Veiga, P Bhatti, CM Ronckers, AJ Sigurdson… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2012 - AACR
Background: Although ionizing radiation is an established environmental risk factor for
thyroid cancer, the effect of chemotherapy drugs on thyroid cancer risk remains unclear. We …

Variation of second cancer risk by family history of retinoblastoma among long-term survivors

RA Kleinerman, C Yu, MP Little, Y Li… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To evaluate the risk of second cancer (SC) in long-term survivors of retinoblastoma
(Rb) according to classification of germline mutation, based on family history of Rb and …

Sarcoma risk after radiation exposure

A Berrington de Gonzalez, A Kutsenko… - Clinical sarcoma …, 2012 - Springer
Sarcomas were one of the first solid cancers to be linked to ionizing radiation exposure. We
reviewed the current evidence on this relationship, focusing particularly on the studies that …

Sarcomas in hereditary retinoblastoma

RA Kleinerman, SJ Schonfeld, MA Tucker - Clinical sarcoma research, 2012 - Springer
Children diagnosed with the hereditary form of retinoblastoma (Rb), a rare eye cancer
caused by a germline mutation in the RB1 tumor suppressor gene, have excellent survival …

The clinical and functional outcome for patients with radiation‐induced soft tissue sarcoma

S Riad, D Biau, GE Holt, J Werier, RE Turcotte… - Cancer, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Radiation‐induced soft tissue sarcomas (RI‐STS) are rare, and it is
believed that they are associated with a poor prognosis. The authors of this report compared …

Secondary solid tumors after allogeneic hematopoietic SCT in Japan

A Yokota, S Ozawa, T Masanori, H Akiyama… - Bone marrow …, 2012 - nature.com
To evaluate the incidence and risk factors for secondary solid tumors in Japan after
allogeneic hematopoietic SCT (allo-HSCT), 2062 patients who had received allo-HSCT …