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Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is a novel anticancer therapy that combines the delivery of trains of appropriate waveforms with the local administration of chemotherapy agents. The purpose of this investigation was to assess the adjuvant... more
Cancer-associated isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) 1 and 2 mutations gain a new activity of reducing α-KG to produce D-2-hydroxyglutarate (D-2-HG), which is proposed to function as an oncometabolite by inhibiting α-KG dependent... more
Aggressive surgery has been suggested for improving local tumor control in patients with retroperitoneal sarcoma (RS). This study aimed at investigating local disease-free and overall survival after complete surgery, in patients with RS.... more
Background: Soft tissue dedifferentiated leiomyosarcoma with heterologous osteosarcomatous component is an extremely rare entity described in only few cases in the literature. Case presentation: We report the case of a 65-year-old male... more
Gastro-intestinal stromal tumours (GIST) are primary mesenchymal tumours arising from the gastro-intestinal tract. They are uncommon visceral tumours, preferentially located in the stomach and small intestine. The present paper will... more
Treatment of soft tissue tumors in young patients relies on the diagnostic information conveyed in the pathology report. We examined pathology reports from Children's Oncology Group ARST0332 for inclusion of data elements required in... more
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the CWS 96 Study was to achieve an optimal treatment in children and adolescents with soft tissue sarcoma (STS) implementing a further refinement of risk-adapted allocation to chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy.... more
RESUMO Tumores gástricos em animais domésticos são raros, e a literatura pertinente é escassa. Em humanos, esse tumor representa 80% dos tumores mesenquimais do trato digestivo, sendo mais comum no estômago (70%). Indivíduos de meia-idade... more
Opinion statement Malignancies of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses represent a wide spectrum of histologies, tissues of origin, and anatomic primary sites. The inherent difficulty in generalizing treatment approaches is obvious,... more
Prostate sarcomas are rare entity, the most common is leiomyosarcoma which account for 0.1% of all prostate malignancies. The presenting symptoms are mainly obstructive urinary symptoms. Surgery with chemo- or radiotherapy are the... more
Introducción: El leiomiosarcoma primario localizado en extremidades es un sarcoma raro en frecuencia, y se debe a la proliferación de células mesenquimales. Reporte de caso: el presente caso describe a un varón de 62 años diagnosticado de... more
Endometrial stromal sarcomas originate in the endometrial cavity. These tumors represent between 15-27.9% of uterine sarcomas. We present the case of a 41-year-old woman who underwent surgical hysteroscopy for metrorrhagia over a period... more
The approval of cancer drugs by the United States Food and Drug Administration have increased progressively over the past two decades with a trend towards the adoption of targeted drugs which are more precise in their mechanisms of... more
The thoracodorsal artery perforator flap is considered a technically difficult flap because of significant anatomical variations in perforator location. The authors' strategy to facilitate the harvest of these flaps includes careful... more