A new study further supports the use of radiotherapy in the treatment of retroperitoneal sarcoma. The finding comes from two large case-control analyses of 9068 patients with localized primary ...

According to new research, radiation therapy administered before surgery rarely produces favorable responses in patients with retroperitoneal sarcoma (RPS), a rare and aggressive cancer that forms in ...

Fragmented care—receiving medical treatment at more than one facility—has been associated with both positive and negative outcomes for cancer patients depending on a number of factors such as cancer ...

Fragmented care - receiving medical treatment at more than one facility - has been associated with both positive and negative outcomes for cancer patients depending on a number of factors such as ...

Correlation of kinase genotypes and activity of sunitinib in imatinib failure gastrointestinal stromal tumor. PAWS-GIST national initiative: A joint patient/carer ...

A total of 382 patients with primary RPS were analyzed. Sixty-five patients had a simple resection of the tumor, 120 patients had a complete compartmental resection (systematic resection of ...

Fragmented care — receiving medical treatment at more than one facility — has been associated with both positive and negative outcomes for cancer patients depending on a number of factors such as ...

Sarcomas are tumors that form in the body’s connective tissues such as bone, muscle and fat. They are rare and, because there are more than 150 types, patients benefit from seeing a sarcoma specialist ...

James Sun, MD, is a fellowship-trained surgical oncologist with specialized expertise in the treatment of cutaneous malignancies and soft tissue sarcomas, including melanoma, high-risk skin cancers, ...

Only one retroperitoneal sarcoma (RPS) patient out of 22 achieved meaningful tumor shrinkage with pre-surgical radiation, while over 75% of the sample saw no significant change and 18% experienced ...