Connective Tissue Oncology Society

2000 CTOS Posters

Surgical Treatment of Sarcomas

Heiner	THE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TISSUE TRAN- GLUTAMINASE IN MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA
Ghert	PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE IN OSTEOSARCOMA: PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE AND TREATMENT IMPLICATIONS:
Templeton	THALLIUM 201 UPTAKE IN CHONDROID LESIONS
Templeton	COMPLICATIONS AND MORBIDITY OF ADJUVANT THERAPY FOR SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA
Siebenrock	OSTEOCHONDROMA OF THE FEMORAL NECK
Vraa	SURGICAL MARGINS INFLUENCE LOCAL RECURRENCE OF SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS IN THE THIGH, BUT NOT SURVIVAL IN 152 PATEENTS
Turcotte	SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS AFTER 80 YEARS OF AGE. STUDY OF A SERIES OF 22 PATIENTS
Turcotte	PRIMARY LEIOMYOSARCOMA OF BONE. A CLINICOPATHOLOGIC STUDY OF 10 PATIENTS
Leggon	GIANT CELL TUMOR OF THE PELVIS AND SACRUM: REVIEW OF SEVENTEEN CASES AND META-ANALYSIS
O’Donnell	RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH THE ComPreSs® DEVICE FOR COMLIANT FIXATION OF ONCOLOGIC ENDOPROSTHESES
Robinson	HOW COULD THE TREATMENT OF SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA BE IMPROVED ON A REGIONAL BASIS?
Bonvalot	INDICATIONS AND ADVANTAGES OF FREE FLAPS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SOFT TISSUE SARSOMAS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 22 CASES
Sørenson	AGGRESSIVE FIBROMATOSIS. A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 72 PATIENTS
Dekker	ADULT PELVIC SARCOMAS
van Ruth	LIVER RESECTION FOR METASTATIC SOFT-TISSUE SARCOMAS
Boland	SURGERY FOR SARCOMA OF THE SPINE: OUTCOME ANALYSIS OF 59 PATIENTS OVER A 12-YEAR PERIOD
Gerrand	THE USE OF CEMENTED ALLOGRAFTS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF SEGMENTAL BONE DEFECTS AFTER TUMOUR RESECTION
Pennacchioli	TREATMENT OF NON-RESECTABLE SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA OF THE LIMBS BY ISOLATED LIMB PERFUSION
Lin	SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS OF THE HAND AND FOOT
Lin	LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF GIANT CELL TUMOR OF THE SACRUM TREATED WITH SELECTIVE ARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION AND OTHER MODALITIES
Yasko	SURVIVORSHIP OF SEGMENTAL PROSTHETIC ARTHROPLASTY FOR LIMB SALVAGE FOLLOWING BONE SARCOMA RESECTIONS
Yasko	PATHOLOGIC FRACTURES IN OSTEOSARCOMA
Pedersen	COMBINED SURGERY, BRACHYTHERAPY AND EXTERNAL IRRADIATION OF LOCALLY ADVANCED SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS: A FEASIBLE APPROACH
Gronchi	COMBINED THERAPY FOR RETROPERITONEAL SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS: PREOPERATIVE RADIATION AND SURGERY
Gronchi	CHORDOMA: NATURAL HISTORY AND TREATMENT RESULTS IN 55 PATIENTS
Fabbri	PERIOSTEAL CHONDROSARCOMA: EXPERIENCE OF THE ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO RIZZOLI
Fabbri	DESMOPLASTIC FIBROMA: EXPERIENCE OF THE ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO RIZZOLI
Campanacci	HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA OF BONE: THE RIZZOLI EXPERIENCE
Nijhuis	SOFT-TISSUE SARCOMA (STS)- ADHERENCE TO GUIDELINES
Virkus	PREOPERATIVE RADIATION THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS
Grimer	OUTCOME FOLLOWING LOCAL RECURRENCE IN OSTEOSARCOMA
Pedersen	COMBINED SURGERY, BRACHYTHERAPY AND EXTERNAL IRRADIATION OF LOCALLY ADVANCED SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS: A FEASIBLE APPROACH
van Geel	UNPLANNED EXCISION FOR SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA: IDENTIFICATION OF A SUBGROUP WITH BAD PROGNOSIS

Radiation Oncology

Damron	EFFECTS OF IRRADIATION AND RADIO-PROTECTANT ON RAT GROWTH PLATE MORPHOLOGY
Morgan	BONE DENSITY EFFECTS OF RADIATION AND THE RADIOPROTECTANT DRUG AMIFOSTINE IN A RAT MODEL
Cleator	PATTERN OF LOCAL RECURRENCE AFTER CONSERVATIVE SURGERY AND RADIOTHERAPY FOR SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA
DeLaney	TREATMENT OUTCOME IN PATIENTS RADIATED FOR SPINAL AND PARASPINAL TUMORS
Suit	POTENTIAL IMPACT OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY RADIATION TREATMENT FOR SARCOMAS TO IMPROVE PATIENT OUTCOME
Morysinski	PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY IN ADULT SOFT-TISSUE SARCOMAS
Voican	MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEAT TUMORS (MPNST): A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS ON 125 PATIENTS
Le Cesne	IS ADJUVANT RADIATION THERAPY (RT) INDICATED AFTER OPTIMAL RESECTION FOR SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA (STS) OF THE EXTREMITIES?

Basic Science/Biology

Bogetto	INSULIN AND IGFs SIGNALING IN SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS: ROLE OF IRS-1 AND IRS-2 PROTEINS
Spessotto	ECM INTERACTIONS AND PRODUCTION OF PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES IN MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMAS
Cagliero	DOXORUBICIN AND VALSPODAR (PSC 833) COMBINED THERAPY IN CANINE OSTEOSARCOMA ACCORDING TO P-GLYCOPROTEIN EXPRESSION
Benassi	P16INK4A GENE AND OSTEOSARCOMA
Hohenberger	INTRAMURAL OXYGEN STATUS IN SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA: PROGNOSTIC VALUE WITH RESPECT TO DIFFERENT TREATMENT MODALITIES

Medical Oncology

Duffaud	RESULTS OF A T10-DERIVED PROTOCOL BASED ON PREOPERATIVE HIGH-DOSE METHOTREXATE WITH INDIVIDUAL DOSE ADJUSTMENT IN THE TREATMENT OF PRIMITIVE OSTEOSARCOMA
	WHOLE BODY HYPERTHERMIA (41.8°C) COMBINED WITH IFOSFAMIDE (IFO), CARBOPLATIN (CBDCA) AND ETOPOSIDE (VP-16) IN PATIENTS WITH UNTREATED AND RELAPSED/REFRACTORY SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA
Patel	PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PHASE 2 TRIAL OF ORAL PIRITREXIM IN PATMIENTS WITH MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA (MFH)
Azzarelli	EXTRASKELETAL, ADULT EWING FAMILY OF TUMORS (EFT): COMBINED TREATMENT IN 42 PATIENTS
Casali	AGGRESSIVE FIBROMATOSIS: A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO INOPERABLE DISEASE BASED ON LOW-DOSE CHEMOTHERAPY WITH METHOTREXATE + VINBLASTINE
Harmon	METASTATIC ANGIOSARCOMA – RECENT TREATMENT RESULTS
Komdeur	EXPRESSION OF FAS LIGAND AND FAS IN HUMAN SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS BEFORE AND AFTER HYPERTHERMIC ISOLATED LIMB PERFUSION WITH TNF” AND MELPHALAN
Reichardt	INFLUENCE OF LOCALLY ADVANCED AND RECURRENT DISEASE ON SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS. A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EORTC SOFT TISSUE AND BONE SARCOMA GROUP (STBSG)
Pink	CHEMOTHERAPY FOR METASTATIC CHONDROSARCOMA OF BONE: SINGLE INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE IN 14 PATIENTS
Grimer	OSTEOSARCOMA OVER THE AGE OF 40
Frustaci	FEASIBILITY OF PRE OR POST-OPERATIVE COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION-THERAPY IN ADULT SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS OF EXTREMITIES

Pediatric Oncology

Delepine	STRATEGY OF TREATMENT IN DESMOID TUMORS (AGGRESSIVE FIBROMATOSIS IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS): TO AVOID ABSOLUTELY RADIOTHERAPY
Delepine	TREATMENT OF PELVIC EWING’S SARCOMA WITH MULTIDISCIPLINARY TREATMENT

Diagnostic Imaging/Pathology

Neilson	BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISATION OF SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS
Plumer	GOOD PATHOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS SHOWING CLINICAL OR RADIOLOGICAL PROGRESSION OF DISEASE – 3 CLINCAL CASES
Carluke	MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA ARISING WITHIN A SOLITARY OSTEOCHONDROMA
Carluke	SACROCOCCYGEAL SOFT TISSUE EPENDYMOMA
Baker	TISSUE MICROARRAY BLOCKS: AN EFFICIENT METHOD FOR SCREENING SOFT TISSUE AND BONY SARCOMAS
Baldini	MYOFIBROBLAST MODULATION IN DESMOID TUMORS
Thomas	HER2/NEU EXPRESSION IN OSTEOSARCOMAS AND OTHER BONY SARCOMAS
Gottschalk	MATRIX GENE EXPRESSION AND CELLULAR PHENOTYPING IN CHONDROID CHORDOMA RE-VEALS FOCAL MATURATION OF NEOPLASTIC CHORDOID CELLS MIMICKING HISTOGENESIS OF DEVELOPING NUCLEUS PULPOSUS
Casanova	HOST IMMUNE RESPONSE IN OSTEOSARCOMA
Reith	MOLECULAR PREDICTORS OF OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH OSTEOSARCOMA
Baty	A CASE OF GASTROINTESINAL SARCOMA TUMOR (GIST) REVEALED BY A MEDITERRANEAN KAPOSI’S SARCOMA IN AN HIV-NEGATIVE PATIENT: CASUAL ASSOCIATION OR NOT?

Oncology Research

Nordsmark	A CASE OF GASTROINTESINAL SARCOMA TUMOR (GIST) REVEALED BY A HYPOXIA IN HUMAN SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS: ADVERSE IMPACT ON SURVIVAL AND NO ASSOCIATION WITH p53 MUTATIONS
Dardzinski	THE FUNCTIONAL AND LOCAL RESULTS OF LIMB SPARING PROCEDURES IN UPPER GIRDLE NEOPLASMS TREATMENT
Blgy	LYMPHOPENIA (LYP) AS A INDEPENDENT PROGNOSTIC FACTOR FOR SURVIAL IN ADVANCED SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS AS WELL AS IN LYMPHOMAS, AND METASTATIC BREAST AND RENAL CARCINOMA