A new study led by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found that treating soft tissue sarcoma with radiation over a significantly shorter period of time is safe, and likely ...

Sarcomas are tumors that form in the body’s connective tissues such as bone, muscle and fat. They are rare and, because there are more than 150 types, patients benefit from seeing a sarcoma specialist ...

Preoperative conventionally fractionated radiotherapy (50–50.4 Gy in 1.8–2 Gy fractions over 5–6 weeks) before surgery is ...

An international consortium of pediatric oncology experts has published consensus guidelines on radiation treatment for children with metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), offering site-specific ...

Patients with non-metastatic soft tissue sarcoma (STS) who need pre-operative radiation therapy can safely receive hypofractionated treatment over three weeks instead of five, with comparable tumor ...

Compared with patients who undergo surgery alone for abdominal or pelvic cancers, those who receive radiation and chemotherapy are at elevated risk for secondary sarcomas. Patients who receive ...

Soft tissue sarcomas may originate in any connective tissue site within the human body, and present with a multitude of histologies. Even so, these various histologic categories and anatomic locations ...

Incidence of Late Relapses in Patients With HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Receiving Adjuvant Trastuzumab: Combined Analysis of NCCTG N9831 (Alliance) and NRG Oncology/NSABP B-31 Of 105 bone and 124 soft ...

ARLINGTON, Va., July 27, 2021 — A new clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) provides guidance on the use of radiation therapy to treat adult patients with soft ...

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The treatment for childhood soft tissue sarcoma depends on the specific type and extent of the cancer. It often involves surgery to remove the cancer and potentially involves chemotherapy or radiation ...

A new study found that treating soft tissue sarcoma with radiation over a significantly shorter period of time is safe, and likely just as effective, as a much longer conventional course of treatment.