OBJECTIVE. The objective of this study was to identify the MRI criteria that best differentiate
malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors from benign neurofibromas. MATERIALS AND …

The prognosis of patients with bone metastasis from lung cancer has not been well documented.
We assessed the survival rates after bone metastasis and prognostic factors in 118 …

Background Trabectedin binds to the minor groove of DNA and blocks DNA repair machinery.
Preclinical data have shown that trabectedin also modulates the transcription of the …

Purpose: In contrast with many analyses of surgical treatment for spinal metastases, there
have been only a few recent well-documented publications assessing nonsurgical treatment. …

BACKGROUND Because the efficacy and safety of pazopanib in Japanese patients with
soft tissue sarcoma (STS) had not been evaluated previously in a large‐scale cohort, the …

BACKGROUND When skeletal metastasis is the presenting problem and the primary site is
occult, there is a need to identify the primary site as soon as possible. However, the search …

In the present study, we evaluated the safety and effectiveness of SYT ‐ SSX ‐derived peptide
vaccines in patients with advanced synovial sarcoma. A 9‐mer peptide spanning the SYT …

Regular physical activity is an important component of physical health of children and has
been associated with increasing skeletal muscle mass and muscle strength. Children with low …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy, post-treatment function, toxicity, and complications of
carbon ion radiotherapy (RT) for sacral chordoma compared with surgery. METHODS AND …

Purpose The role of chemotherapy (CT) and radiotherapy (RT) for management of extraskeletal
osteosarcoma (ESOS) remains controversial. We examined disease outcomes for ESOS …