Sarcomas Archives - Oncology Nurse Advisor Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:00:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/01/cropped-CTA-ONA-HEM-favicon-32x32.png Sarcomas Archives - Oncology Nurse Advisor 32 32 Neoadjuvant Trabectedin Noninferior to Standard Care for High-Grade Myxoid Liposarcoma https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/home/cancer-types/sarcoma/neoadjuvant-trabectedin-noninferior-to-standard-care-for-high-grade-myxoid-liposarcoma/ Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:40:00 +0000 https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/?p=116319 SABR Deemed Safe and Effective for Oligometastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/home/cancer-types/sarcoma/sabr-oligometastatic-soft-tissue-sarcoma/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 15:20:00 +0000 https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/?p=116020 Atezolizumab Can Induce Response in Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/home/cancer-types/sarcoma/atezolizumab-can-induce-response-in-alveolar-soft-part-sarcoma/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/?p=110417 Anti-PD-L1 agent induces sustained responses seen in about one-third of patients with advanced alveolar soft part sarcoma.]]> Pembrolizumab Produces Responses in Some Rare Sarcomas https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/home/cancer-types/sarcoma/pembrolizumab-produces-responses-in-some-rare-sarcomas/ Thu, 20 Jul 2023 14:40:00 +0000 https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/?p=109291 Sarcoma cellsPembrolizumab yielded responses in patients with chordoma, desmoplastic small round cell tumors, epithelioid sarcoma, and other rare sarcomas. ]]> Case Series Describes Link Between Koebner Phenomenon and Kaposi Sarcoma https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/home/cancer-types/sarcoma/koebner-phenomenon-kaposi-sarcoma-case-series-link-treatment-risk/ Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:50:00 +0000 https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/?p=105395 This micrograph depicts the histopathologic changes found in a biopsied lymph node indicative of a Kaposi sarcomatous lesion from a patient with AIDS. The histopathology revealed in this slide includes characteristic erythrocyte-filled, slit-like spaces, and occasional cells containing globules.Researchers described possible associations between Kaposi sarcoma and Koebner phenomenon in a case series of patients with lesions appearing after a prior cutaneous injury.]]> Intratumoral Microbiome in Soft Tissue Sarcoma Linked to Prognosis https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/home/cancer-types/sarcoma/intratumoral-microbiome-soft-tissue-sarcoma-prognosis-treatment-risk/ Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/?p=105048 Targeted and immunotherapeutic approaches are poised to change how sarcoma will be treated in the fuResearchers explored the possibility of an intratumoral microbiome being present in soft tissue sarcoma, similar to other cancer types.]]> Location of KIT Mutations Impacts Response to TKIs in Patients With GIST https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/home/cancer-types/sarcoma/kit-mutation-location-impacts-response-tkis-gist/ Wed, 08 Feb 2023 15:30:00 +0000 https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/?p=104777 DNAThe location of KIT mutations is associated with response to ripretinib and sunitinib in patients with previously treated GIST, research suggests. ]]> Tecentriq Approved for Unresectable or Metastatic Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/home/cancer-types/sarcoma/tecentriq-approved-for-unresectable-or-metastatic-alveolar-soft-part-sarcoma/ Mon, 09 Jan 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.empr.com/?p=189249 intravenous antibioticsThe approval was based on data from a phase 2 study that included 49 patients with unresectable or metastatic ASPS.]]> Shorter Regimen of Radiotherapy Safe for Soft Tissue Sarcoma https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/home/cancer-types/sarcoma/shorter-regimen-of-radiotherapy-safe-for-soft-tissue-sarcoma/ Tue, 29 Nov 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/?p=103399 Targeted and immunotherapeutic approaches are poised to change how sarcoma will be treated in the fuFindings with preoperative radiotherapy administered to dose of 42.75 Gy in 15 fractions for three weeks.]]> Trabectedin Improves PFS in Advanced Leiomyosarcoma https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/home/cancer-types/sarcoma/leiomyosarcoma-trabectedin-improves-pfs/ Mon, 01 Aug 2022 14:20:00 +0000 https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/?p=100990 Patient with IV drip.Adding trabectedin to doxorubicin doubled the median progression-free survival. ]]>