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ESUN Index

A Partial Index to Articles that have Appeared in ESUN

by

Bruce D. Shriver, PhD

Editor-in-Chief, ESUN

ESUN is now in its fourth year. We have received many requests to produce an annual index for it. Given the current development tools that we are using to produce ESUN and to build and maintain our website, this is a difficult manual task. We will be making a move in the autumn to new development environment in which this will be an automated task and one in which, as a side-effect, each article will be downloadable in Adobe's PDF format. Until this is done (which will be a multi-month project after it is initiated), we are providing the following “partial index” of feature articles listed in alphabetical order by title in three categories:

1. DETAILED ARTICLES ABOUT SPECIFIC SARCOMAS

2. ARTICLES OF GENERAL INTEREST

3. OPINION PIECES

Because there are literally hundreds of items and abstracts in the “Clinical Trail News”, “Odds & Ends”, “Research Corner” and "Stories of Courage and Hope" columns, we do not include them in the partial index below. We hope to provide a general search facility after our move to the new technology base is complete.

 

DETAILED ARTICLES ABOUT SPECIFIC SARCOMAS

Angiosarcoma

by James M. Lewis, MD and Vernon K. Sondak, MD

 

Chondrosarcoma of Bone

by R. Lor Randall, MD and Kenneth J. Hunt, MD

 

Clear Cell Sarcoma and Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma

by John M. Goldberg, MD and Karen Albritton, MD

 

Cytarabine for the Treatment of Ewing's Sarcoma

by Steven G. DuBois, MD, Holcombe E. Grier, MD, and Kimberly Stegmaier, MD

 

Ewing’s Sarcoma Family of Tumors (ESFT)

by R. Lor Randall, MD

 

Identification and Characterization of the Ewing’s Sarcoma Stem Cell

by David Loeb, M.D., Ph.D.

 

Leiomyosarcoma of Bone and Soft Tissue: A Review

by Michael J. Weaver, MD  and John A. Abraham, MD

 

Leiomyosarcoma of the Uterus: A Review

by Sue Ghosh, MD, Jonathan L. Hecht, MD, PhD, Tanaz R. Ferzandi, MD, M.A., and Christopher S. Awtrey, MD

 

Liposarcoma

by Mark C. Gebhardt, MD and Peter J. Buecker, MD

 

Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma (MFH)

by Carol D. Morris, MD

 

Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors (MPNST)

by David S. Geller, MD and Mark C. Gebhardt, MD

 

Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma

by John M. Goldberg, MD and Holcombe Grier, MD

 

Novel Approaches for the Molecular Targeting of Ewing's Sarcoma Family of Tumors 

by Silke Schlottmann, PhD and Jeffrey A. Toretsky, MD

 

Novel Targets to Treat Osteosarcoma Lung Metastases

by Nadezhda Koshkina, Ph.D. and Seth Corey, M.D.

 

Osteosarcoma

by Peter J. Buecker, MD and Mark C. Gebhardt, MD

 

Osteosarcoma: A Practitioner's Quick Reference Guide

by Lindy Eddinger

 

Prognosis in GIST

by Julia D. Royster, PhD

 

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS)

by Leonard H. Wexler, MD

 

Small Molecules That Can Inhibit EWS-FLI1 May Represent Novel and Specific Therapy for ESFT Patients

by Jeffrey Toretsky, M.D.

 

Synovial Sarcoma

by Andrea Ferrari, MD and Paola Collini, MD

 

ARTICLES OF GENERAL INTEREST

A Different View of Sarcoma Research

by Joan Darling, PhD

 

Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Care

by Karen Albritton, MD

 

An Overview of Some Recent Cancer-Related Nanotechnology Research

by Bruce Shriver, PhD

 

AP23573: A Review of Recent Results

by Sant P. Chawla, MD, Kamalesh Sankhala, MD, Monica Mita, MD and Anthony W. Tolcher, MD

 

Buying a Cure

by Jerome Groopman, MD

 

Cancer & Fertility

by Lindsay Nohr Beck, Kutluk Oktay, MD and Peter N. Schlegel, MD

 

Chemotherapy for Non-Rhabdomyosarcoma Soft Tissue Sarcomas of Childhood: To Treat or Not to Treat?

by Crystal Mackall, MD

 

Chromosomal Translocations in Sarcomas: New Perspectives

by Gabriela E. Mercado, MD and Frederic G. Barr, MD

 

Clinical Trials in Bone Sarcomas

by Richard Gorlick, MD

 

Correlation of Lack of Participation on Clinical Trials and Lack of Progress in Bone Sarcoma

by Archie Bleyer, MD

 

End of Life Care

by Bruce and Beverly Shriver

 

ET-743: A Review of Recent Results

by Margaret von Mehren, MD

 

For Metastases—All Sarcomas are Not Created Equal

by Crystal Mackall, MD

 

From Easter Island Soil to Treating Sarcoma—Rapamycin Derivatives

by Danny McGurl

 

Gene Profiling Studies on Sarcomas

by Matt van de Rijn, MD

 

Gene Profiling: Unlocking the Inner Workings of Sarcoma Cells

by Crystal Mackall MD and Javed Khan MD

 

On the Horizon: Gene and Virus Therapies for Sarcomas

by Timothy P. Cripe, MD, PhD

 

Options and Follow-up Care for Women with Uterine Sarcomas

by Suzie Siegel

 

Participatory Medicine and E-Patients

by Gilles Frydman and Bruce Shriver

 

Salvage of the Unplanned Sarcoma Excision

by Peter J. Buecker, MD

 

Sarcomas and Cancer Predisposition Syndromes

by Abha Gupta, MD and David Malkin, MD

 

Targeted Therapies for Sarcomas: the next generation of treatments

by David Loeb,, MD, PhD

 

The COG Survivor Guidelines: A View from the Pediatric Sarcoma Perspective

by Joan Darling, PhD

 

The Wall of Fame - A Sarcoma Survivor Project

by Tamara Barnes, RN, MSN, CNS, AOCN

 

OPINION PIECES

A Rose is a Rose or a Thorn is a Thorn

by Laurence Baker, DO

 

Are there - or should there be - pediatric sarcoma centers?

by Joan Darling, PhD

 

CTOS Op Ed Pieces

Aggressive Fibromatosis: A Problem for the Sarcoma Team

by Randall Burt, MD and David Viskochil, MD, PhD

 

Community physicians should they refer that lump or bump before intervention? Yes, this is why we have multidisciplinary sarcoma centers!

by Prof. Ian Judson, MD, FRCP

 

NF1 patients: risks for sarcoma and the expedited referral of concerning cases

by David Viskochil. MD, PhD

 

Of Mice and Men

by Brian Rubin, M.D.

 

Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration (SARC): An effort to perform clinical trials more efficiently and effectively for people with sarcoma

by Robert Maki, MD, PhD

 

The importance of the molecular scalpel. Why surgeons should understand, or at least appreciate, the importance of learning how the master surgeon, Mother Nature, can dice (cut) and splice (sewing) the genome that results in a sarcoma removed by a Bard-Parker

by R. Lor Randall, MD

 

The Margin Matters: Someone's Life depends on it

by R. Lor Randall, MD

 

There is no reason to include age as an entry criterion for any clinical trial

by Paul A. Myers, MD

 

From a Nurse's Perspective

Cancer Treatment Related Changes in Cognitive Function (a.k.a. "Chemo Brain")

by Denise Reinke, APRN, BC, AOCN

 

Clinical Trials

by Denise Reinke, RN, NP, Kelly Scheu, MS, NP, and Marcia E. Baker, DO, FACOI

 

Collaborative Practice: Partners in Caring: Nurses and Physicians working together to deliver care to patients with sarcomas

by Denise Reinke, APRN, BC, AOCN, Jessica Frailey RN, MS and Tammara Barnes, RN, MSN, CNS, AOCN

 

Palliative Care

by Denise Reinke, APRN, BC, AOCN and Debra Mattison, LMSW, and Kathy Szakatis, APN

 

Sarcoma Support Groups

by Denise Reinke, APRN, BC, AOCN and Martha Grist, RN

 

Guidelines for Patients and Caregivers

by Murray F. Brennan, MD

 

Guidelines for Physicians

by Murray F. Brennan, MD

 

Have We Made Any Progress?

by Murray F. Brennan, MD

 

Lobbying for the "Exceptionally Rare Diseases and Conditions Act"

- a unique pathway for new drugs for sarcoma patients

by Mark Thornton, MD

 

Sarcoma: A Diagnosis of Patience

by Peter J. Buecker, MD

 

Soft Tissue Sarcoma – One physician’s Viewpoint

by Murray F. Brennan, MD

 

Some Advice for the Newly Diagnosed: with a US Armed Forces emphasis

by Doug Belvin

 

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

by Orkideh Malkoc, MS

 

The Oeffinger Study

by Bruce Shriver, PhD

 

The Shocking State of NCI Funding

by Joan Darling, PhD

 

The State of Sarcoma Advocacy

by Deborah Buks