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 ...

Evaluation of tyrosinase mRNA as a tumor marker in the blood of melanoma patients. Randomized trial of alternating versus sequential radiotherapy/chemotherapy in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Soft tissue sarcomas are rare solid tumors that are being increasingly classified and treated by subtype. Approximately 12,020 people will be diagnosed with a soft tissue sarcoma in the United States ...

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, ...