Research Guides: Health Sciences Library Virtual Displays: July: Sarcoma Awareness Month

Sarcoma Awareness

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Patients and their loved ones may struggle to find adequate information about the disease. To help spread awareness, July has been designated as Sarcoma Awareness Month.

Physical Books

Brachytherapy by Phillip M. Devlin (Editor)
Call Number: RC271.R27 B7344 2007
ISBN: 0781762774
Publication Date: 2006-10-20
Written by the foremost experts in the field, this volume is a comprehensive text and practical reference on contemporary brachytherapy. The book provides detailed, site-specific information on applications and techniques of brachytherapy in the head and neck, central nervous system, breast, thorax, gastrointestinal tract, and genitourinary tract, as well as on gynecologic brachytherapy, low dose rate and high dose rate sarcoma brachytherapy, vascular brachytherapy, and pediatric applications.
Targeting Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcomas by Jaap Verweij (Editor); H. M. Pinedo (Editor)
Call Number: RC280.S66 T37 2004
ISBN: 1402078080
Publication Date: 2004-05-27
Recent achievements in the development of new techniques and agents for the treatment of cancer in general as well as for soft tissue sarcomas are tremendous. Molecular biology research has changed the landscape considerably and an increasing number of subtypes of soft tissue sarcomas are related to changes in cellular growth factors in the cell signaling pathways.
Treatment of Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas by Per-Ulf Tunn (Editor)
Call Number: RC280.B6 T73 2009
ISBN: 9783540779599
Publication Date: 2008-12-10
Bone and soft tissue sarcomas represent only about 2% of all malignancies; however, their treatment - with the goal of curing the patient while preserving the functionality of the affected body part - can, unlike other malignancies, only be successful with therapy concepts devised by interdisciplinary teams.
Kaposi Sarcoma Herpesvirus by C. Boshoff (Editor); Christo Boshoff (Editor); R. A. Weiss (Editor)
Call Number: QR1 .E6 v. 312
ISBN: 9783540343431
Publication Date: 2006-10-13
This issue discusses some of the most important aspects of the pathophysiology of this virus. Since the identification of two sequences from KSHV, we have learned much about this pathogen as reflected in this book. KSHV itself encodes for a number of cytokines, and induces cellular cytokine secretion, contributing to tumor growth.
Soft Tissue Sarcomas in Adults by M. Bamberg (Editor); W. Hoffmann (Editor); D. K. Hossfeld (Editor)
Call Number: RC280 .S66 S63 1995
ISBN: 3540576290
Publication Date: 1994-12-12
Sarcomas represent a group of rare tumors which arise from the largest tissue compartment of the body, but account only for about 1 % of all malignancies. Among this group of tumors, soft tissue sarcomas in adults are, in addition to osteosarcomas, the most important. In the diagnostic workup of soft tissue sarcomas modern radiological investigation methods such as CT and MRI techniques are being critically evaluated.

eBooks

Current Advances in Osteosarcoma by Eugenie S. Kleinerman (Editor); Richard Gorlick (Editor)
ISBN: 3030430316
Publication Date: 2020-06-02
This thoroughly revised second edition complied in 2 books is an up-to-date overview of the current clinical advances in sarcoma and osteosarcoma. The new edition features detailed, in-depth discussions of microRNAs in osteosarcoma, historical perspectives of chemotherapy in the treatment of the disease, tumor targeted IL12 therapy and HER2 targeted therapy, the role of enhancer elements in regulating the prometastatic transcriptional program and more.
Sarcoma Oncology by Raphael E. Pollock (Editor); R. Lor Randall (Editor); Brian O'Sullivan (Editor)
ISBN: 9781607959557
Publication Date: 2019-04-20
Sarcoma Oncology: A Multidisciplinary Approach is a comprehensive textbook that addresses the entire spectrum of the subject from epidemiology to laboratory research in the biology of sarcomas.
Sarcomas by Jonathan C. Trent (Editor); Andrew E. Rosenberg (Editor); Raphael Pollock (Editor); Thomas F. Delaney (Editor)
ISBN: 9780826148520
Publication Date: 2020-06-28
Sarcomas: Evidence-Based Diagnosis and Management is the most comprehensive clinical reference on sarcomas available to oncologists and trainees. Presenting a compilation of the current knowledge of specific soft tissue and bone sarcomas, this accessible resource on diagnosis and management is the most practical in the market.

Media

Mridian: Treating Childhood Sarcoma
One form of sarcoma is especially cruel as it strikes patients under ten. Now, a new therapy is wiping out the cancer while also protecting kids from lifelong side effects.
Vaccine for Sarcoma Reprograms Immune System
Synovial sarcoma is a rare, aggressive cancer of the soft tissue that can be quite resistant to treatment. Doctors have created a vaccine that’s shown some impressive results with few minor side effects in a phase one trial.

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