Sarcoma News

Kaposi's sarcoma was first described in 1872 by the Hungarian dermatologist, Moritz Kaposi.

The happy gist of Ziopharm Oncology Inc.'s interim Phase II news with palifosfamide for soft-tissue sarcoma came as little surprise, but details disclosed at a scientific meeting proved enough to tickle the stock again by 12 percent, and should lend strength to partnering talks.

Ziopharm Oncology, Inc. achieved positive data from the multicenter randomized Phase II trial of palifosfamide in patients with unresectable or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma.

E-mail: oda@surgpath.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp Received 4 June 2009; Revised 6 October 2009; Accepted 7 October 2009; Published online 6 November 2009.

Ewing's sarcoma, a rare bone tumor . Chemotherapy wasn't working and radiation would have destroyed the growth plates in his bones.

Ewing's sarcoma is a malignant tumor of the bones that occurs most commonly in adolescence and early adulthood.

Received 6 August 2009; Revised 24 September 2009; Accepted 5 October 2009; Published online 3 November 2009.

Kodiak resident Madisyn Sickafoose is a typical 6-year old girl. She loves playing with Barbies, pretending to be a princess and playing with her younger brother.

Eisai Inc. today announced preliminary results from a recently completed Phase III study with eribulin mesylate , discovered and developed by the company, in patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

EVEN very young children should have the option of having ovarian or testicular tissue frozen if they need cancer treatment, according to the world's leading expert in fertility preservation.

Xiaoxiong, a junior student who enjoys swimming and Kungfu Tea, celebrated her 10th survival anniversary in a special way.

In what they called a medical first in a toddler, surgeons at Stanford University's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital have implanted a telescoping artificial prosthesis in the arm of a 3-year-old to replace a humerus that was removed because of cancer.

Brain Advance Access originally published online on August 11, 2009 Brain 2009 132 :2922-2931; doi:10.1093/brain/awp214 1 Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zrich, Zrich, Switzerland 2 Mayo Clinic - Neuroscience, Jacksonville, FL, USA 3 Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Muenchen, Germany 4 ...

SEATTLE Building on the strengths of two institutions separated by nearly 9,000 miles over two continents both renowned in their work in the fight against cancer the United States Agency for International Development has awarded a $500,000 grant to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to aid in the construction of the first American cancer clinic ...

Relying on an independent study by the Institute of Medicine, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki has established a service-connection for Vietnam War veterans who have three specific illnesses that have an association with the herbicides referred to as Agent Orange.

A gene with "Jekyll-and-Hyde" tendencies could be the key to finding a new treatment for a rare form of cancer, and a potential alternative to chemotherapy, according to research from the University of Toronto.

Vaccines, in both the human and animal world, have become a topic of debate. There is no question that vaccinations save lives.

Friends and family of 20-year-old Anni Kacynski have scheduled a benefit Saturday to raise money to help cover her medical bills related to her battle with Ewing Sarcoma, a pediatric bone cancer she has had for eight years.

Three years ago, Anne Willis mentioned to the man she was dating that she didn't know about her fertility, since she had undergone cancer treatment as a teenager.

Classic Kaposi sarcoma , a rare vascular tumor, may be treated with photodynamic therapy .