Sarcoma News

Ganglioside GD2 was highly expressed in osteosarcoma and may be a target for antibody-mediated therapy in these patients, according to study results.

Letrozole demonstrated activity in patients with advanced, unresectable uterine leiomyosarcoma, according to the results of a single-arm phase 2 study.

Conventional chemotherapy demonstrated limited efficacy in patients with advanced chondrosarcomas, with the highest benefit found in mesenchymal and dedifferentiated subtypes, according to study results.

Positive surgical margins are significantly associated with adverse survival and related outcomes in patients with extremity soft tissue sarcomas, according to results of this study.

BRUSSELS — Malignancies unrelated to HIV infection are likely to increase as the population ages, according to new data presented here at EACS 2013.

BRUSSELS — Malignancies unrelated to HIV infection are likely to increase as the population ages, according to new data presented here at EACS 2013.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor is the most common sarcoma of the gastrointestinal tract, with an incidence of 5,000 new cases per year in the United States.

Human herpesvirus-8 may be overlooked in children because its presentation often differs from that in adults, according to a review published online ahead of print.

Human herpesvirus-8 may be overlooked in children because its presentation often differs from that in adults, according to a review published online ahead of print.

The Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation awarded a $250,000 grant to Sandra Orsulic, PhD, director of Women’s Cancer Biology in the Women’s Cancer Program at the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute.