This article highlights the data currently available on the activity of targeted medical treatment in a subgroup of rare entities within soft tissue sarcomas, including inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor, alveolar soft…
Osteosarcoma and chondrosarcoma are the 2 most common malignant bone tumors. This review discusses the clinicopathologic features, recent preclinical developments, and targets currently being or to be validated in the…
The improvement in outcome for patients with localized and metastatic Ewing sarcoma since the development of cytotoxic chemotherapy remains one of the most profound advances in oncology and one of…
Desmoid tumors are rare, clonal collections of benign fibrous tissue that exhibit a highly variable clinical course. This article presents a comprehensive review of desmoid tumors and summarizes the current…
Although benign hemangiomas are among the most common diagnoses among connective tissue tumors, angiosarcomas and other sarcomas arising from blood vessels are rare, even among sarcomas. Because endothelial tumors have…
Liposarcoma is one of the most common sarcoma subtypes with a heterogeneous biology and clinical behavior. This article gives a comprehensive overview on clinically relevant aspects of pathology and imaging….
This article presents an overview of the current literature about the biology, pathology, and the clinical management of leiomyosarcoma. In addition, the article emphasizes and discusses the current systemic treatment…
Surgery remains the only potentially curative therapy in the management of localized adult soft tissue sarcomas and gastrointestinal stromal tumors. There are over 50 different unique histologic types of soft…
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Before the advent of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) there were few treatment options available to patients…
Adjuvant imatinib prolongs recurrence-free survival and probably overall survival of patients who have undergone surgery for gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). Estimation of the risk of recurrence with a prognostication tool…
