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CTOS 13th Annual Meeting
Fairmont Olympic Hotel
Seattle, WA

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Schedule: Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

5:00 PM–7:00 PM
Spanish Ballroom Foyer

Registration & Poster Set-Up

6:00 PM –7:00 pm
Garden Room

Welcome Reception


Thursday, November 1, 2007

6:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Spanish Ballroom Foyer
Continental Breakfast & Poster Session
8:00 AM–12:00 PM
Spanish Ballroom

SARC Meeting
Moderator: Larry Baker

8:00 AM–12:00 PM
Senate

Nurses Session
Moderators: Sue Ehling and Lin Russell

8:00 AM–12:00 PM
Congress
Limb Salvage Symposium
Moderators: Mark Gebhardt, Terrance Peabody, Jeffrey Eckhart, Peter Pisters and Gary Mann
Presenters: A.H. Taminiau, Andrea Deyrup and A. Abudu
12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Metropole
Lunch
1:00 PM–1:30 PM
Spanish Ballroom
Introduction/Summaries of Symposiums
Moderator: Ernest “Chappie” Conrad
1:30 PM–2:30 PM
Spanish Ballroom
Session 1—Pediatric Sarcomas
Moderator: Doug Hawkins
9

Abstract 855 CHEMOTHERAPY INTENSIFICATION BY INTERVAL COMPRESSION
IN LOCALIZED EWING SARCOMA FAMILY TUMORS (ESFT)

Richard B Womer; Daniel C West; Mark D Krailo; Bruce Pawel; Paul Dickman

9 Abstract 780 OSTEOSARCOMA (OS): IMPROVED OUTCOME WITH ADDITION OF
MURAMYL TRIPEPTIDE (MTP) TO CISPLATIN (P), DOXORUBICIN (A), HIGH DOSE
METHOTREXATE (M) +/- IFOSFAMIDE (I)

*Paul A. Meyers; Cindy Schwartz; Mark Krailo; Eugenie S. Kleinerman; Donna Betcher; Mark Bernstein; *Ernest Conrad; William Ferguson; *Mark Gebhardt; *Allen Goorin; Michael Harris; *John Healey; Michael Link; Helen Nadel; Michael Nieder; Gene Siegal; Michael Weiner; Robert Wells; Richard Womer; Holcombe Grier
9 Abstract 847 A GENOME-WIDE APPROACH TO PREDICT OUTCOME IN OSTEOSARCOMA
Nalan Gokgoz; Taiqiang Yan; Michelle Ghert; Mona Gill; Shelley B Bull; Robert S Bell; Jay S Wunder; Irene L Andrulis
9 Abstract 803 FAMILIAL CLUSTERING OF EWING’S SARCOMA OBSERVED IN A
POPULATION-BASED RESOURCE

R. Lor Randall; *Stephen L. Lessnick; Richard Kerber; David Virshup; Cheryl M. Coffin; Lei L Chen; Lisa A. Cannon-Albright
2:30 PM–3:00 PM
Spanish Ballroom Foyer
Poster Review 1
Moderators: Jay Wunder and Bob Maki
3:00 PM–3:30 PM
Spanish Ballroom Foyer
Coffee Break & Poster Viewing
3:30 PM–4:00 PM
Spanish Ballroom
Session 2—Fascinomas 1
Moderator: Paul Meyers
10 Abstract 917 GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS IN NEUROFIBROMATOSIS
TYPE 1

*David H Viskochil; Cheryl M Coffin
10 Abstract 919 CHARACTERIZATION OF GERMLINE AND SOMATIC MUTATIONS
IN A PORTUGUESE FAMILY WITH FAMILIAL GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL
TUMOR

Isabel Veiga; Mara Silva; Joana Vieira; Carla Pinto; Manuela Pinheiro; Marta Soares; Camila Coutinho; José Dinis; Nuno Costa; Paula Lopes; José Guimarães dos Santos; Carlos Lopes; Manuel R Teixeira
10 Abstract 766 CASE REPORT: POSSIBLE UTILITY OF M-TOR INHIBITORS IN DFSP
*Robert G Maki
4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Spanish Ballroom
Session 3—Surgery
Moderators: Lor Randall and A.H. Tamin
11 Abstract 920 CORRELATION OF MSTS-87 & TESS FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION
SCORES FOLLOWING ENDOPROSTHETIC REPLACEMENT FOR BONE SARCOMA

Ashish Mahendra; Anthony M Griffin; Celeste Yu; Yair Gortzak; Robert Bell; Peter C Ferguson; Jay S Wunder; Aileen Davis
11 Abstract 767 LONG TERM FOLLOW UP OF ENDOPROSTHETIC RECONSTRUCTION
AFTER SEGMENTAL BONE RESECTION FOR BONE TUMOR

*Ahmad M Shehadeh; *Robert Henshaw; Martin Malawer
11 Abstract 832 GROWTH RATE PREDICTS OUTCOME IN LOCALLY RECURRENT
RETROPERITONEAL LIPOSARCOMA

James O. Park; Li-Xuan Qin; Francesco Prete; Murray F Brennan; *Samuel Singer
12 Abstract 916 HOW MUCH DOES AN R0 RESECTION IMPACT PATIENTS WITH
CUTANEOUS ANGIOSARCOMA?

James M. Lewis; Jonathan S. Zager; *Samuel V. Agresta; Marilyn M. Bui; David Cheong; *Gina Z. D’Amato; Jane L. Mesina; *G. Douglas Letson; *Vernon K. Sondak
12 Abstract 845 RESECTION OF SACRAL CHORDOMAS: THE RIZZOLI INSTITUTE
EXPERIENCE.

*Pietro Ruggieri; Roberto Biagini; Giuseppe Bosco; Mario Mercuri
13 Abstract 925 OUTCOME AFTER SURGICAL RESECTION OF (RECURRENT) CHEST
WALL SARCOMAS

Michael Wouters; *Bert van Geel; Lotte Nieuwenhuis; Harm van Tinteren; *Cees Verhoef; Houke Klomp; *Frits van Coevorden
6:00 PM–8:00 PM

Reception at Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute
1900 9th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101-1309


Friday, November 2, 2007

6:30 AM–5:00 PM Registration

7:00 AM–8:00 AM
Spanish Ballroom Foyer

Continental Breakfast & Poster Viewing

7:00 AM–8:00 AM
Senate

Executive Committee Meeting

8:00 AM–9:00 AM
Spanish Ballroom
Session 4—Oncology 1
Moderators: Lee Helman and Sigbjoern Smeland
13 Abstract 835 A SYSTEMATIC META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED
TRIALS FOR ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY FOR LOCALIZED RESECTABLE SOFTTISSUE
SARCOMA

Nabeel Pervaiz; Nigel Colterjohn; Forough Farrokhyar; Richard Tozer; Alvaro Figueredo; Michelle Ghert
13 Abstract 841 AN ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS AFFECTING OUTCOME IN PATIENTS
PRESENTING WITH METASTATIC SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA

*Peter C Ferguson; Anthony M Griffin; Benjamin M Deheshi; *Robert S Bell; *Jay S Wunder
14 Abstract 872 EARLY PROGRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH HIGH-RISK SOFT TISSUE
SARCOMAS (STS): A PHASE III RANDOMIZED PROSPECTIVE TRIAL (EORTC/
ESHO INTERGROUP TRIAL) OF NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY WITH OR
WITHOUT REGIONAL HYPERTHERMIA (RHT)

*Rolf D. Issels; Lars H. Lindner
14 Abstract 810 IMPROVED OVERALL SURVIVAL (OS) WITH ADVANCED SOFT TISSUE
OR BONE SARCOMAS WHO ACHIEVED A CLINICAL-BENEFIT RESPONSE (CBR)
WHEN TREATED WITH AP23573, A NOVEL MTOR INHIBITOR: UPDATE OF PHASE
II TRIAL

*Gina Z D’Amato; *Sant P Chawla; Anthony P Tolcher; *Arthur P Staddon; *Scott M Schuetze; *Jean Y Blay; John Loewy; Rebecca J Kan; *George D Demetri; AP23573 Sarcoma Group

9:00 AM –10:00 AM
Spanish Ballroom

Session 5 —Oncology 2
Moderators: Ian Judson and Bob Maki
14 Abstract 862 THERAPEUTIC CONSEQUENCES FROM MOLECULAR BIOLOGY FOR
GIST PATIENTS AFFECTED BY NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE 1

Chiara Mussi; Hans Ulrich Schildhaus; *Alessandro Gronchi; Eva Wardelmann; *Peter Hohenberger
15 Abstract 935 NEOADJUVANT IMATINIB, SURGERY AND THEN ?
*Frits van Coevorden; J. Martijn Kerst; Annemieke Cats
15 Abstract 817 THE SECOND VACCINATION TRIAL OF SYT-SSX JUNCTION PEPTIDE
IN PATIENTS WITH DISSEMINATED SYNOVIAL SARCOMA

*Satoshi Kawaguchi; Takuro Wada; Satoshi Nagoya; Tomohide Tsukahara; Kazunori Ida; Masaki Murase; Toshihiko Torigoe; Noriyuki Sato; Toshihiko Yamashita
16 Abstract 864 EWINGS SARCOMA IN ADULT PATIENTS OLDER THAN TWENTY-NINE
YEARS: AN ANALYSIS OF 37 PATIENTS AT A SINGLE INSTITUTION

Eisuke Kobayashi; Akira Kawai; Ako Hosono; Yoshiyuki Suehara; Ken Takeda; Fumihiko Nakatani; Hirokazu Chuman; Yasuo Beppu
10:00 AM–10:30 AM
Spanish Ballroom Foyer
Coffee Break & Poster Viewing
10:30 AM–11:00 AM
Spanish Ballroom Foyer
Poster Review 2
Moderators: Lor Randall and Luca Sangiorgi
11:00 AM–12:00 PM
Spanish Ballroom
Herman Suit Lecture
Michael A. Simon, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Orthopaedic Oncology
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education/DIO
Moderator: Chappie Conrad
12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Metropole
Lunch
12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Senate
Board of Directors Meeting
1:00 PM–2:00 PM Young Investigator Award Winner Presentations
Moderator: Lee Helman
16 Abstract 852 PEDIATRIC KIT AND PDGFRA-WILDTYPE GASTROINTESTINAL
STROMAL TUMORS (GISTS) SHARE KIT ACTIVATION BUT NOT GENETIC
PROGRESSION MECHANISMS WITH ADULT GISTS

Katherine Anne Janeway; Bernadette Liegl; Amy Harlow; Claudia Le; Antonio Perez-Atayde; Harry Kozakewich; Christopher Corless; Michael Heinrich; *Jonathan Fletcher
16 Abstract 823 ISOLATION AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF A NOVEL PROTEIN
ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISTANT METASTASES OF SPINDLE CELL SARCOMAS

Moritoshi Furu; Satoshi Nagayama; Tatsuya Ishibe; Yasuko Shima; Daisuke Uezima; Tomoki Aoyama; Tomitaka Nakayama; Takashi Nakamura; Toyomasa Katagiri; Yusuke Nakamura; *Junya Toguchida
2:00 PM–3:00 PM
Spanish Ballroom
Session 6— Imaging
Moderators: Janet Eary and Haesun Choi
17 Abstract 869 CORRELATION OF MRI AND CT FINDINGS WITH PATHOLOGIC
TUMOR RESPONSES IN LOCALIZED HIGH GRADE SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS
(STS) TREATED WITH CONCURRENT PREOPERATIVE CHEMOTHERAPY (CHT)
AND RADIATION THERAPY (RT) AT A SINGLE ISTITUTION

*Silvia Stacchiotti; Paola Collini; Antonella Messina; Carlo Morosi; Marta Barisella; Rossella Bertulli; *Palma Dileo; *Federica Grosso; Claudio Piovesan; Laura Lozza; *Alessandro Gronchi; *Paolo Giovanni Casali
17 Abstract 934 THE CLINICAL ROLE OF PET SCANNING IN A CONSECUTIVE SERIES
OF GIST PATIENTS

*Frits van Coevorden; Lester M. van Ravenswade
17 Abstract 884 PET SCAN MARKERS FOR SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH SOFT
TISSUE SARCOMAS

Joseph J King; Eileen A Crawford; Jagruti Shah; Abass Alavi; *Arthur P Staddon; Lee Hartner; *Richard D Lackman; *Christian M Ogilvie
18 Abstract 921 FDG-PET: A BETTER DIAGNOSTIC PREDICTOR THAN HISTOLOGIC
GRADE?

*Jennifer W Lisle; Amy M Cizik; *Jason S Weisstein; *Janet F Eary; *Ernest U Conrad, III
3:00 PM–3:30 PM
Spanish Ballroom Foyer
Coffee Break & Poster Viewing
3:30 PM–4:30 PM
Spanish Ballroom
Session 7— Radiation/XRT
Moderators: Thomas DeLaney and Brian O’Sullivan
18 Abstract 834 ASSESSMENT OF RADIOTHERAPY SET-UP ERROR FOR LIMB
SARCOMA USING ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING (EPI)

Wendy Ella; Eleanor Gill; *Anna Cassoni; *Beatrice Seddon
18 Abstract 809 CONE BEAM CT FOR THE ESTIMATION OF SETUP ERRORS IN
EXTREMITY SARCOMA PATIENTS

*Rick Haas; Anja Betgen; Wilma Oughlane-Heemsbergen; Peter Remeijer; Luc Dewit; Frits van Coevorden
19 Abstract 805 COMBINATION SHORT-COURSE, PRE-OPERATIVE IRRADIATION
(XRT), RADICAL SURGICAL RESECTION, AND REDUCED-FIELD, HIGH-DOSE,
POST-OPERATIVE XRT IN THE TREATMENT OF TUMORS INVOLVING THE BONE

*Timothy D Wagner; Wendy Kobayashi; Susan Dean; Saveli I Goldberg; *David G Kirsch; *Herman D Suit; *Francis Hornicek; Francis X Pedlow; Kevin Raskin; *Dempsey Springfield; *Sam S Yoon; *Thomas F DeLaney
19 Abstract 836 OUTCOME FOLLOWING LIMB SALVAGE SURGERY AND EXTERNAL
BEAM RADIOTHERAPY FOR HIGH GRADE SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS OF THE
GROIN AND AXILLA

Rapin P Phimolsarnti; Anthony M Griffin; *Peter C Ferguson; *Charles N Catton; Peter W Chung; *Robert S Bell; *Jay S Wunder; *Brian O’Sullivan
4:30 PM–5:30 PM
Spanish Ballroom
Members’ Business Meeting
7:00 PM–11:00 PM Reception & Dinner
Experience Music Project

Saturday, November 3, 2007

6:30 AM–5:00 PM Registration
Spanish Ballroom Foyer
Registration
7:00 AM–8:00 AM
Spanish Ballroom Foyer
Continental Breakfast & Poster Viewing
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Spanish Ballroom
Patient Advocacy
Moderators: Melissa Hill and Arthur Beckert
9:00 AM–10:00 AM
Spanish Ballroom
Session 8—Co-operative Studies
Moderators: Scott Scheutze and James Butyrnski
20 Abstract 875 PAZOPANIB (GW786034) IN PATIENTS (PTS) WITH RELAPSED OR
REFRACTORY SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA (STS); A PHASE II STUDY FROM THE
EORTC STBSG (EORTC 62043)

*Stefan Sleijfer; Isabelle Ray-Coquard; Zsuzsa Papai; *Axel Le Cesne; Michelle Scurr; *Patrick
Schöffski; Francoise Collin; Lini Pandite; Sandrine Marreaud; Annick De brauwer; *Jean-Yves
Blay
20 Abstract 824 ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TARGET VOLUME GUIDELINES
IN EXTREMITY SARCOMAS; WORK IN PROGRESS BY A TRANSATLANTIC
RADIATION-ONCOLOGISTS TASK FORCE

*Rick Haas; Joop Duppen; *Brian O’Sullivan; *Thomas DeLaney; *Cecile Le Pechoux; *Patricia
Olmi; *Ronald Keus
20 Abstract 860 A PHASE II TRIAL OF PERIFOSINE IN PATIENTS WITH CHEMOINSENSITIVE
SARCOMAS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS A SARCOMA ALLIANCE FOR
RESEARCH THROUGH COLLABORATION (SARC) STUDY

*Dejka Steinert; Craig Henderson; *Sant Chawla; Arthur Staddon; *Scott Schuetze; *Christopher
Ryan
10:00 AM–10:30 AM
Spanish Ballroom
Coffee Break & Poster Viewing
10:30 AM–11:30 AM
Spanish Ballroom
Nina Axelrad Lecture
Marc Ladanyi, M.D.
Attending Pathologist and Chief, Molecular Diagnostics Service,
Department of Pathology, and
Member, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Moderator: Doug Hawkins
11:30 AM–12:00 PM
Spanish Ballroom
Session 9—Fascinomas 2
Moderator: Jeremy Whelan
21 Abstract 874 ACTIVITY AND FEASIBILITY OF TRABECTEDIN (T) AFTER REDUCED
INTENSITY ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN AN ADVANCED
UTERINE LEIOMYOSARCOMA PATIENT

Roberta Sanfilippo; *Federica Grosso; Elena Fumagalli; Paola Coco; Matteo Carrabba; Enrico
Civelli; Veronica Salvatori; *Jose Jimeno; Paola Allavena; Paolo Corradini; *Paolo Giovanni
Casali
21 Abstract 849 PLEOMORPHIC RHABDOMYOSARCOMA ARISING IN A RECURRENT
GIANT CELL TUMOR OF BONE (GCT)

Cristina Smith; *Christopher Ryan; *James Hayden; *Arthur Hung; *Atiya Mansoor
21 Abstract 843 CUTANEOUS CARCINOSARCOMA: CASE REPORT AND
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Katy H Goldsborough; William B Laskin; *Jeffrey D Wayne; *Mark Agulnik
12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Metropole
Lunch
1:00 PM– 2:30 PM
Spanish Ballroom
Session 10—Pathology
Moderators: Andrea Deyrup and Matt van de Rihn
22 Abstract 883 PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF DEDIFFERENTIATION IN
RETROPERITONEAL LIPOSARCOMA: ANALYSIS OF A LARGE SERIES TREATED
IN A SINGLE CENTRE AFTER SYSTEMATIC PATHOLOGIC REVIEW

Chiara Mussi; Paola Collini; Rosalba Miceli; Marta Barisella; Paolo Casali; Luigi Mariani; Laura
Lozza; Alessandro Gronchi
22 Abstract 889 COMPARISON OF GENETIC, ANTIGENIC AND CLINICAL FEATURES
OF EXTRAOSSEOUS EWING SARCOMA (EO-EWS) AND OSSEOUS EWING
SARCOMA (O-EWS)

Amanda Rivera-Begeman; Carrye Cost; Charles Timmons; Patrick Leavey
22 Abstract 892 SUPERFICIAL SARCOMA. A SERIES OF 497 CASES FROM THE
FRENCH SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA (STS) DATA BASE

*Eberhard Stoeckle; *Sylvie Bonvalot; Francoise Collin; Jean-Jacques Michels; Louis Guillou;
*Jean-Yves Blay; *Binh Bui
23 Abstract 800 ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA (ASPS) HAS A UNIQUE
ANGIOGENIC PROFILE AND RELATIVELY FAVORABLE CLINICAL OUTCOME

*Alexander J.F. Lazar; Das Parimal; Daniel Tuvin; Borys Korchin; Dolores Lopez-Terrada;
Raphael E. Pollock; Dina Lev
23 Abstract 813 PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF FNCLCC GRADING, MITOTIC INDEX,
NECROSIS, AND HISTOLOGICAL SUBTYPE IN SYNOVIAL SARCOMA

Marta Barisella; *Marco Fiore; Rosalba Miceli; Paola Collini; Elisabetta Pennacchioli; *Rossella
Bertulli; *Paolo Giovanni Casali; Silvana Pilotti; *Alessandro Gronchi
2:30 PM– 3:30 PM
Spanish Ballroom
Session 11—Biology 1
Moderators: Junya Toguchida and Tim Damron
23 Abstract 936 THE TYPE OF EWING ONCOPROTEIN DICTATES TUMORIGENIC AND
METASTATIC ACTIVITIES

Iranzu Gonzalez; Silvestre Vicent; Ignacio Garcia-Tunon; Susana Martinez; Carolina Zandueta;
Ana Patiño; Luis Sierrasesumaga; Mikel San Julian; Javier De Las Rivas; Enrique de Alava;
Fernando Lecanda
24 Abstract 789 BIOLOGICAL MARKERS OF PROGNOSIS IN EWING’S SARCOMA: THE
ROLE OF GAL3BP

*Katia Scotlandi; Monia Zuntini; Diana Zambelli; Maria Cristina Manara; Stefano Iacobelli;
Antonio Llombart-Bosch; Piero Picci
24 Abstract 870 INHIBITION OF THE MTOR AND MAPK PATHWAYS IN THE
TREATMENT OF SARCOMA

*Kathleen Mary Diehl; Qi Wu; *Laurence H Baker
24 Abstract 775 IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL CANCER STEM-LIKE CELLS IN
SYNOVIAL SARCOMA

Jefferson Terry; *Torsten O. Nielsen
3:30 PM–4:00 PM
Spanish Ballroom
Coffee Break & Poster Viewing
25 Abstract 867 MOLECULAR CLASSIFICATION OF SARCOMAS WITH COMPLEX
GENETICS

Chibon Frederic; Lagarde Pauline; Coindre Jean-Michel; Aurias Alain
25 Abstract 922 CONTRIBUTION OF CHROMOSOME BANDING AND MOLECULAR
CYTOGENETIC ANALYSES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF SOFT TISSUE AND BONE
TUMORS OVER A 6 YEAR PERIOD

Manuel R Teixeira; Carlos Lopes
25 Abstract 896 USE OF GENE EXPRESSION TO IDENTIFY HETEROGENEITY OF
METASTATIC BEHAVIOR AMONG HIGH-GRADE PLEOMORPHIC SOFT TISSUE
SARCOMAS

*Keith M. Skubitz; Princy Francis; Amy P.N. Skubitz; Xianghua Luo; Mef Nilbert
26 Abstract 948 EXT1/EXT2 GENE ANALYSIS IN TISSUES FROM SPORADIC AND
MULTIPLE OSTEOCHONDROMA, SECONDARY CHONDROSARCOMA AND
PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTES.

Silvia Capponcelli, Elena Pedrini, Federica Sgariglia, Alessandro Parra, Marina Mordenti, Luca
Sangiorgi
5:00 PM–5:30 PM
Spanish Ballroom
Conclusion of Meeting