BACKGROUND The goal of the current study was to clarify treatment outcomes for adult
patients with rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS). Published series have reported definitively worse …

Abstract The Renal Tumour Study Group of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology
(SIOP–RTSG) has developed a new protocol for the diagnosis and treatment of childhood …

Purpose Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a rare, low-grade, cutaneous sarcoma
with autocrine overproduction of the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) ß-chain from …

BACKGROUND. Primary cutaneous melanoma is often infiltrated by lymphocytes that
provide the opportunity to study what may be the local immunologic reaction to the tumor …

Background Previous studies have suggested that trabectedin (ecteinascidin-743) could
have antitumour activity in soft-tissue sarcoma. We aimed to study the usefulness of …

Poorly differentiated (PD) thyroid carcinomas lie both morphologically and behaviorally
between well-differentiated and undifferentiated (anaplastic) carcinomas. Following the …

Rearrangements of the RET receptor tyrosine kinase gene generating RET/PTC oncogenes
are specific to papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), the most frequent thyroid tumor. Here, we …

Experimental evidence has shown, both in vitro and in animal models, that neoplastic
growth and subsequent metastasis formation depend on the tumor's ability to induce an …

Aggressive Surgical Policies in a Retrospectively Reviewed Single-Institution Case Series of
Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma Page 1 Aggressive Surgical Policies in a Retrospectively …

BACKGROUND. The authors explored the prognostic factors and clinical outcomes of
patients who had malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) with and without …