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In This Issue |
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Feature
Articles |
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Looking Backward to Look Forward
Editorial by Bruce
Shriver |
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Angiosarcoma
Drs. Lewis and Sondak discuss
angiosarcoma, a rare soft tissue sarcoma arising from
vascular tissue; usually occurs in the breast and skin and
is believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood
vessels. |
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Synovial Sarcoma
Drs.
Ferrari and Collini discuss
Synovial sarcoma, a soft tissue sarcoma
and
one of the most frequent malignant tumors of soft
tissues, accounting for about 8% of all soft tissue
sarcomas.
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Gene Profiling for Sarcoma
Dr. Matt van de Rijn describes why
researchers hope to identify new diagnostic markers, new prognostic markers,
and new potential targets for therapy by being able to
examine the expression of essentially all genes in
individual tumor samples. |
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iSPAN: The International Sarcoma
Patient Advocate Network
Sharon
Anderson writes about the "Gathering of Advocacy Groups"
that recently took place in Florida.
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Prayer Flags for Sarcoma
Sharon
Anderson writes about a prayer flag that she made and
brought to the iSPAN meeting that recently took place in
Florida.
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Putting Faces to Names: the Story
of the ESBABIES Website
Norma
Brown describes the evolution of a website that some members
of the Ewing's sarcoma community use to tell
their story, share the photographs
of their child or loved one, and connect with others whose
diagnosis is similar to theirs. |
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Regular
Columns |
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Clinical
Trial News
Tom Swartz
describes a wide variety of
clinical trials that are recruiting sarcoma patients,
including some for angiosarcoma and synovial sarcoma
patients.. |
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Odds & Ends
Pointers to resources and interesting articles. |
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Our Initiatives
Read
about our Team Sarcoma 2006 Bike Tour initiative, our :What
is Sarcoma" facts sheet, our "Sarcoma Ribbon", and the music
CD, "The Circle". |
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Stories of Courage and Hope
Tom Swartz abstracts several
inspiring stories we have recently encountered
about patients or
caregivers that tell of the strength that some are blessed
with in dealing with sarcoma. |
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General
Information |
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Disclaimer |
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Medical Editorial Board and Editorial Staff |
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