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2002 CTOS Annual Meeting—Oral Presentations

Surgery | Diagnositc Radiology | Medical Oncology | Biology
Pathology | Pediatric Onocology | Radiation Oncology


Surgery

#39

The Role Of Ultrasonography To Evaluate Chest Wall Sarcomas
Nicola Fabbri, Italy

 

#78

High-resolution Intravascular Ultrasonography To Assess Vessel-invasiveness Of Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Peter Hohenberger, Germany

 

#48

Should Soft Tissue Sarcomas Be Traeted At A Specialist Centre?
Robert Grimer, UK

 

#55

Positive Margins After Attempted Wide Excision Of A Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Is Further Excision Necessary?
Edward Y. Cheng, USA

 

#19

Dedifferentiated Chondrosarcoma: Updated Outcomes With Current Treatment Approaches As Compared To Those Prior To 1984
Sean Scully, USA

 

#50

Desmoid Tumors. A Clinical Review Of 30 Patients With More Than 20 Years Follow-up
Mikael Dalén, Sweden

 

#40

Approach To Prosthetic Reconstruction In Sternal Sarcoma
Nicola Fabbri, Italy

 

#42

Autobiological Reconstruction With Preserved Joint Function After Surgical Treatment Of Bone Sarcomas In Children
Örjan Berlin, Sweden

 

#74

Endoprosthetic Replacement Of Distal Humerus After Tumor Resection
Fabrice Fiorenza, France

 

#26

Survivorship Analysis Of 141 Modular Metallic Endoprostheses
Mark C. Gebhardt, USA

 

#59

Low Complication Rate With Limb-sparing Resection And Endoprosthetic Reconstruction: Survival Analysis Of 251 Patients And Analysis Of 20-year Experience
Felasfa M. Wodajo, USA

 

#77

Is There A Case For A Randomized Clinical Trial For Treatment Of Giant Cell Tumours?
Robert Grimer, UK

 

Diagnostic Radiology
#27

Predictive Value Of Gadolinium Enhancement In Differentiating Atypical Lipomas (well-differentiated Liposarcomas) From Benign Fatty Tumors
Matthew J. Panzarella, USA

 

#61

Fdg- Positron Emission Tomography (pet) In Staging And Managing Patients With Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Thomas F. DeLaney, USA

 

Medical Oncology
#31

Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake In Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma Predicts Risk Of Recurrence After Chemotherapy
Scott M. Schuetze, USA

 

#20

Randomised Phase 3 Trial Of Two Investigational Schedules Of Ifosfamide Versus Standard Dose Doxorubicin In Patients With Advanced Or Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma (asts)
Paul Lorigan, UK

 

#30

Unexpected Severe Toxicity Of Low Dose Metothrexate And Vinblastine In Patients With Desmoid Tumours
Bert van Gel, The Netherlands

 

#29

Phase 2 Trial With Imatinib (glivec, Sti571) In Patients With Gasto-intestinal Stromal Tumors (gist): Activity Results After 1 Year. A Study Of The Eortc Soft Tissue And Bone Sarcoma Group (stbsg)
Jaap Verweij, The Netherlands

 

#25  (YI)

Molecular Targeting Of Pdgfb By Imatinib Mesylate In Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans
Scott M. Schuetze, USA

 

#57

Gleevec Therapy In C-kit Negative Soft Tissue Sarcomas: A Molecular Rationale
Dafydd Gareth Thomas, USA

 

Biology

#73

Microarray Analysis Of Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma
Jay S. Wunder, Canada

 

#24

Differential Gene Expression In Leiomyosarcoma
Keith M. Skubitz, USA

 

#35

Antisense Inhibition Of Hyaluronan Synthase-2 In Human Osteosarcoma Cell Line, Mg-63, Inhibits Hyaluronan Retention And Tumorigenicity Of The Cells
Yoshihiro Nishida, Japan

 

#22

Neoplastic Transformation Of Primary Human Osteoblasts Over-expressing The Met Receptor By Means Of Transduction With Lentiviral Vectors
Riccardo Ferracini, Italy

 

#71  (YI)

Targeting Met Oncogene In Human Osteosarcoma By K-252a Tyrosine-kinase Inhibitor: A New Therapeutic Approach
Sofia Avnet, Italy

 

#46

Differential Effects Of The Radioprotectant Amifostine On Ewing's Sarcoma And Human Monocytes In Culture
Matthew J. Allen, USA

 

Pathology
#49

Genome-wide Analysis Of Gene Expression In Synovial Sarcoma Using A Cdna Microarray
Junya Toguchida,Canada

 

#17

Expression Of The Ihh/pthrp And Bmp Receptors Has Diagnostic Relevance In Cartilagineous Lesions
Luca Sangiorgi, Italy

 

Pediatric Oncology
#37

A Randomized Trial Of Amifostine With High-dose Alkylator Therapy In Ewing Sarcoma: A Children’s Oncology Group Trial (p9457)
Mark L. Bernstein, Canada

 

Radiation Oncology
#33

Higher Postoperative Radiation Dose Improves The Local Control Rate For Patients With Positive Surgical Margins And Locally Recurrent Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Matthew T. Ballo, USA

 

#76

Advantages Of Proton Beams In Treatment Pelvic Sarcomas
Herman Suit, USA