ALLMedicine™ Liposarcoma Center

May 20th, 2022 - Soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) is a rare solid malignant tumor with numerous histologic subtypes. Current studies on targeted therapy for STS are in preclinical and early-phase trials. Genomic differences largely influence the prognosis of patients eve...

May 19th, 2022 - Monotherapy with eribulin or gemcitabine has been found to be moderately effective in treating soft-tissue sarcomas (STS). In this study, we evaluated the efficacy and safety of eribulin-gemcitabine combination therapy for the two most common hist...

May 19th, 2022 - Most retroperitoneal sarcoma (RPS) operations require combined multi-organ resection, and the proportion of unplanned reoperation is high. However, there are no relevant studies on reoperation for RPS. Patients who underwent at least once unplanne...

May 18th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Malignant neoplasms of the small bowel are among the rarest types of cancer, accounting for 4% of all GI cancers.[1] Research into the natural history and prognosis of patients with small bowel cancer has been limited by the sm...

May 18th, 2022 - A man in his 50s was redirected by his general practitioner to our University Hospital for a radiological evaluation after the complaint of a left inguinal swelling. The preliminary ultrasound and CT scan showed a left parafunicolar mass located b...

May 17th, 2022 - The study is comprised of 2 phases. Phase 1 (dose escalation) includes participants with solid tumors known to express New York esophageal squamous cell carcinoma 1 (NY-ESO-1). Phase 2 (ASP0739 as single agent and in combination with pembrolizumab...

May 17th, 2022 - This study is open to people with a type of cancer called dedifferentiated liposarcoma. People with advanced liposarcoma aged 18 or older who are not receiving any other cancer treatment can participate. The purpose of this study is to compare a m...

May 16th, 2022 - This trial will be conducted in 2 phases: Phase I (Dose Escalation of TTI-621 in combination with doxorubicin) and Phase II (Dose Expansion of TTI-621 in combination with doxorubicin). Phase I (Dose Escalation of TTI-621 in combination with doxoru...

Apr 22nd, 2022 - New York esophageal antigen-1 (NY-ESO-1) and LAGE-1a antigens are tumor-associated proteins that have been found in several tumor types. Clinical trials using adoptively transferred T-cells directed against NY-ESO-1 have shown objective responses....

Apr 20th, 2022 - Chondrosarcoma and liposarcoma consists of different subtypes with a wide range of patient survival. Current treatment options consist of wide surgical resection, however for patients with a local recurrence or metastatic disease the outcome is po...

Dec 4th, 2021 - The combination of ribociclib (Kisqali) and everolimus (Afinitor) elicits responses in patients with advanced dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLPS) and offers a tolerable safety profile, according to Margaret von Mehren, MD, who added that these re...

Oct 6th, 2021 - Jonathan C. Trent, MD, PhD Anlotinib, a novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor capable of mounting a multipronged attack against oncogenic processes, is being tested in rare soft tissue sarcoma subtypes where patients have limited therapeutic options. ...

Oct 6th, 2021 - George D. Demetri, MD The path of trabectedin (Yondelis), an investigational treatment for soft tissue sarcomas, has been an interesting one, said George D. Demetri, MD, director of the Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology at the Dana-Farber Canc...

Oct 6th, 2021 - George D. Demetri, MD Trabectedin demonstrated superior disease control compared with dacarbazine in heavily pretreated patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma, according to findings from a phase III trial published in the Journal of Clinical ...

Oct 6th, 2021 - Neeta Somaiah, MD Therapeutic advances in soft tissue sarcoma have occurred across several subtypes, and more research efforts continue to be conducted with novel agents targeting NY-ESO-1 and MAGE-A4, for example, explained Neeta Somaiah, MD. F...