Clinical Sarcoma Research

1. Partial response to erlotinib in a patient with imatinib-refractory sacral chordoma

   Chordoma is a rare, slow growing and locally aggressive mesenchymal neoplasm with uncommon distant metastases. It is a chemo-resistant disease with surgery and radiotherapy being the mainstay in treatment of l...

2. Locally recurrent extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma of the shoulder: a case of complete neoadjuvant radiotherapy response

   Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma (EMC) is a rare soft tissue tumor that typically affects the lower limbs of men between the ages of 50 and 60. EMC of the shoulder is rare with a high risk of local recurren...

3. The role of prognostic nutritional index in the management of pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma

   Pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma is characterized by poor survival rates compared with other non-small cell lung cancer. Prognostic nutritional index has significant prognostic value in many malignant tumors. W...

4. Ifosfamide-induced encephalopathy: the EEG with frontal intermittent delta activity, and rapid resolution with methylene blue: A case report

   Encephalopathy is an established side effect of the chemotherapeutic agent, ifosfamide, occurring in 10–30% of cases. The EEG commonly shows non-specific features of encephalopathy, and rarely shows frontal in...

5. Simultaneous diagnosis of liver PEComa in a family with known Li–Fraumeni syndrome: a case report

   Li–Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is an autosomal dominant hereditary disease. It is associated with the loss of function of the p53 protein and an increased risk of malignant tumor development at early age. The most...