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Two Onc Docs, hosted by Samantha A. Armstrong, MD, and Karine Tawagi, MD, is a podcast dedicated to providing current and future oncologists and hematologists with the knowledge they need to ace their boards and deliver quality patient care. Dr Armstrong is a hematologist/oncologist and assistant professor of clinical medicine at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis. Dr Tawagi is a hematologist/oncologist and assistant professor of clinical medicine at the University of Illinois in Chicago. In this episode, OncLive On Air® partnered with Two Onc Docs to feature a conversation about soft tissue sarcoma management. Drs Armstrong and Tawagi discussed that soft tissue sarcomas represent a rare and heterogeneous group of malignancies that arise from mesenchymal cells rather than epithelial cells and encompass several distinct histologic subtypes. They explained that although uncommon, these sarcomas are frequently emphasized in board examinations, partly because their management has historically been stable, though recent FDA approvals and ongoing research have expanded therapeutic options. They noted that risk factors may include prior radiation exposure, environmental agents, and viral infections. Additionally, they shared that chronic lymphedema is associated with angiosarcoma, whereas rare hereditary syndromes may predispose individuals to specific sarcoma subtypes. Clinically, they explained that sarcomas may arise anywhere in the body, though many occur in the thigh, buttocks, or groin, typically presenting as painless, enlarging masses often mistaken for benign lesions. They emphasized that diagnosis requires core needle biopsy to preserve tissue architecture and that staging relies on MRI of the primary site and CT of the chest, given the strong predilection for pulmonary metastases. They also summarized the five subtypes of soft tissue sarcoma—synovial, clear cell, angiosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, and epithelioid. They reported that the cornerstone of localized disease management is surgical resection, preferably limb-sparing when feasible, combined with radiation for larger or high-risk tumors. They also highlighted novel strategies like immunotherapy. For metastatic disease, they stated that surgical resection of pulmonary metastases can achieve durable remissions in select patients.
Welcome to Season 2 of the Orthobullets Podcast.In this episode, we review the high-yield topic of Synovial Sarcoma from the Pathology section.Follow Orthobullets on Social Media:FacebookInstagramTwitterLinkedInYouTube
Dr Bill Nelson talks to Dr John Gross, a surgical pathologist, about the diagnosis of sarcomas, tumors most commonly found in bones and soft tissue. Dr Gross recently published a paper in Modern Pathology on his team's discovery of a new type of soft tissue tumor. Read more about that here.
In this JCO PO Article insights episode, Dr. Jiasen He summarized the JCO PO article "Mucin 16–Directed Therapy in Pediatric Sarcomas: Case Evidence of Ubamatamab Efficacy in Epithelioid Sarcoma and Its Implications for Other Sarcoma Subtypes" by Connolly et al. TRANSCRIPT Jiasen He: Hello, and welcome to JCO Precision Oncology Article Insights. I'm your host, Jiasen He, and today we'll be discussing the JCO Precision Oncology article, "Mucin 16-Directed Therapy in Pediatric Sarcomas: Case Evidence of Ubamatamab Efficacy in Epithelioid Sarcoma and Its Implication for Other Sarcoma Subtypes" by Connolly et al. Epithelioid sarcoma and malignant rhabdoid tumor are rare pediatric soft tissue sarcomas, characterized by INI1 loss, high recurrence rates, and poor outcome despite multimodal treatments. Emerging evidence has shown that Mucin 16 is expressed in both tumor types. Mucin 16 is a transmembrane glycoprotein whose extracellular domain can be cleaved and released as CA-125. Both Mucin 16 and CA-125 are well-established biomarkers in several adult epithelioid malignancies, particularly ovarian cancer. Ubamatamab is a specific T-cell engager targeting CD3 and Mucin 16. It has demonstrated antitumor activity in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer, and clinical trials are ongoing to evaluate its efficacy as monotherapy or in combination regimens. In this manuscript, Connolly et al. present the first reported case of a heavily pretreated patient with epithelioid sarcoma who responded to ubamatamab, followed by an investigation into mechanisms of resistance after disease progression. Furthermore, the authors retrospectively assessed Mucin 16 expression in a cohort of pediatric and young adult sarcomas, finding high expression in both epithelioid sarcoma and malignant rhabdoid tumor. In this case report, the authors describe a 23-year-old woman with relapsed metastatic epithelioid sarcoma. Initially diagnosed at age 12, she had received multiple lines of treatments, including surgery, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy. Following disease progression after all these treatments, her tumor was tested for Mucin 16 expression and it demonstrated 100% positivity with markedly elevated CA-125 levels, providing a rationale for treatment with the Mucin 16-CD3 bispecific T-cell engager, ubamatamab. Ubamatamab was administered in an escalating dose schedule up to 250 mg once weekly during cycle one and continued for a total of 162 weeks. The best response was observed at week 11, with a 40% reduction and a marked decline in CA-125 levels. Disease progression was first detected in a single left lower lobe lung nodule, which on biopsy showed a reduction in Mucin 16 expression from 100% to less than 5%. Post-treatment analysis revealed changes in the tumor microenvironment, including increased expression of T-cell exhaustion markers such as PD-1 and LAG-3. Ubamatamab was generally well tolerated. Cytokine release syndrome occurred during the escalating phase of cycle one, presenting with fever and hypoxia. Other notable adverse events included pleural and pericardial effusion, both of which resolved spontaneously. Given its favorable safety profile and limited alternative treatment options, ubamatamab was continued beyond the initial progression. The patient ultimately received 28 cycles of treatment before she passed away due to disease progression. In the second part of the paper, the authors examined Mucin 16 expression in a cohort of pediatric and young adult sarcomas. Among 91 samples, Mucin 16 was expressed in six out of eight epithelioid sarcomas and two out of four malignant rhabdoid tumors. H-score analysis showed that all Mucin 16-positive tumors showed moderate to high expression levels. In conclusion, this manuscript presents the first reported use of a Mucin 16-CD3 bispecific T-cell engager for epithelioid sarcoma, along with an investigation into resistance mechanisms following progression. The treatment achieved a substantial partial response with a favorable safety profile. The findings suggest that resistance may be associated with loss of Mucin 16 expression and T-cell exhaustion. Follow-up studies are needed to confirm these mechanisms. Notably, the study also identifies INI1-deficient sarcoma as a group with high Mucin 16 expression, warranting additional validation and mechanism exploration. These findings offer valuable insight for future therapeutic strategies and support the use of Mucin 16/CA-125 as both a treatment target and a biomarker for patient selection and disease monitoring. Thank you for tuning in to JCO Precision Oncology Article Insights. 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JCO PO author Dr. Alison M. Schram at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center shares insights into her JCO PO article, “Retrospective Analysis of BRCA-Altered Uterine Sarcoma Treated With Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors.” Host Dr. Rafeh Naqash and Dr. Schram discuss relevant genomic and clinical features of patients with BRCA-altered uterine sarcoma and the efficacy of PARPis in this population. TRANSCRIPT Dr. Rafeh Naqash: Hello and welcome to JCO Precision Oncology Conversations, where we bring you engaging conversations with authors of clinically relevant and highly significant JCO PO articles. I'm your host, Dr. Rafeh Naqash, podcast editor for JCO Precision Oncology and associate professor at the OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center. Today, we are excited to be joined by Dr. Alison Schram, Associate Attending Physician and Section Head of Oral Therapeutics with Early Drug Development and Gynecologic Medical Oncology Services at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and the senior author of the JCO Precision Oncology article titled, "Retrospective Analysis of BRCA-Altered Uterine Sarcoma Treated With Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors." At the time of this recording, our guest's disclosures will be linked in the transcript. Dr. Schram, thank you for joining us today. I am excited to be discussing this very interesting, unique topic based on what you published in JCO PO. Dr. Alison Schram: Thank you for having me. Dr. Rafeh Naqash: What we like to do for these podcasts is try to make them scientifically interesting but at the same time, keep them at a level where our trainees and other community oncology professionals understand the implications of what you've published. So I'd like to start by asking you, what is leiomyosarcoma for those of us who don't necessarily know a lot about leiomyosarcoma, and what are some of the treatment options for these uterine sarcomas? Dr. Alison Schram: Uterine leiomyosarcoma is a rare subtype of uterine cancer, and it represents about 1% of all female cancers in the reproductive tract. This is a rare malignancy that arises from the myometrial lining of the uterus, and it is generally pretty aggressive. In terms of the standard therapy, the standard therapy for uterine leiomyosarcoma includes chemotherapy, generally combination chemotherapy, but despite a few regimens that tend to be effective, the duration of effectiveness is relatively short-lived, and patients with advanced uterine leiomyosarcoma eventually progress and require additional therapy. I will say that localized uterine leiomyosarcoma can be treated with surgery as well. Dr. Rafeh Naqash: Thank you for that description. Now, there are two aspects to what you published. One is the sarcoma aspect, the leiomyosarcoma, and the second is the BRCA mutation. Since we are a precision medicine journal, although we've discussed BRCA a couple of times before, but again, for the sake of our listeners, could you highlight some of the aspects of BRCA and PARP sensitivity for us? Dr. Alison Schram: Yes. So BRCA is a gene that's important for DNA repair, and BRCA mutations can be either inherited as a germline mutation, so one of your parents likely had a BRCA mutation and you inherited one copy. In patients who have an inherited BRCA mutation, the normal cells tend to have one abnormal copy of BRCA, but if a second copy in the cell becomes altered, then that develops into cancer. And so these patients are at increased risk of developing cancers. Specifically, they are at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, and a few others. These cancers are considered BRCA-associated tumors. Alternatively, some patients, more rarely, can develop BRCA-altered cancers completely sporadically. So it's a mutation that happens in the tumor itself, and that can lead to impaired DNA repair and promote cancer progression. And those patients are not, they don't have any inherited risk, but just a random event caused a BRCA mutation in the tumor. The reason this is important is because, in addition to it being potentially important for family members, there are certain treatments that are more effective in BRCA-altered cancers. And the main example is PARP inhibitors, which are small molecule inhibitors that inhibit the PARP enzyme, and there is what we call synthetic lethality. So PARP is important for DNA repair, for single-stranded DNA repair, BRCA is important for double-stranded DNA repair, and in a patient that has a cancer that has a BRCA mutation, that cancer becomes more reliant on single-stranded DNA repair. And if you inhibit it with a PARP inhibitor, the cancer cells are unable to repair DNA, and the cells die. So we call that synthetic lethality. PARP inhibitors are FDA approved in several diseases, predominantly the BRCA-associated diseases I mentioned: breast cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, and prostate cancer. Dr. Rafeh Naqash: That was very beautifully explained. Honestly, I've heard many people explain BRCA before, but you kind of put it in a very simple, easy to understand format. You mentioned this earlier describing germline or hereditary BRCA and somatic BRCA. And from what I gather, you had a predominant population of somatic BRCA, but a couple of germline BRCA as well in your patient population, which we'll go into details as we understand the study. You mentioned the second hit on the germline BRCA that is required for the other copy of the gene to be altered. In your clinical experience, have you seen outside of the study that you published, a difference in the sensitivity of PARP for germline BRCA versus a somatic BRCA that has loss of both alleles? Dr. Alison Schram: So we will get into what's unique about uterine sarcomas in just a minute. In uterine sarcomas, what we have found is that the BRCA mutations tend to be somatic and not germline, as you mentioned. That is in contrast to the other diseases we mentioned, where the vast majority of these tumors are in patients that have germline BRCA alterations. So one thing that's really unique about the uterine sarcoma population and our paper, I believe, is that it is demonstrating an indication for PARP inhibitors in a population that is not characterized by germline BRCA alterations, but truly these by somatic BRCA alterations. If you look at the diseases that PARP inhibitors are validated to be effective in, including the, you know, the ones I mentioned, the BRCA-associated tumors, there's some data in specific context that suggests that perhaps germline alterations are more sensitive to PARP inhibitors, but that's not universal, and it's really tricky to do because the genetic testing that we have doesn't always tell you if you have two hits or just one hit. So you need more complex genetic analysis to truly understand if there is what we call a biallelic loss. And sometimes it's not a second mutation in BRCA. Sometimes it's silencing of the gene by hypermethylation or epigenetics. Some of our clinical trials are now incorporating this data collection to really understand if biallelic loss that we can identify on more complex genetic testing predicts for better outcomes. And we think it's probably true that the patients that have biallelic loss, whether it be germline or somatic biallelic loss, are more likely to benefit from these treatments. That still needs to be tested in a larger cohort of patients prospectively. Dr. Rafeh Naqash: In your clinical experience, I know you predominantly use MSK-IMPACT, but maybe you've perhaps used some other NGS platforms, next-generation sequencing platforms. Have you noticed that these reports for BRCA alterations the report mentioning biallelic loss in certain cases? I personally don't- I do lung cancer, I do early-phase lung cancer as well, but I personally don't actually remember if I've seen a report that actually says biallelic loss. So after this podcast, I'm going to check some of those NGS reports and make sure I look at it. But have you seen it, or what would be a learning point for the listeners there? Dr. Alison Schram: Exactly. And they usually do not. They usually do not explicitly say, “This looks like biallelic loss,” on the reports. The exception would be if there's a deep deletion, then that implies both copies of the gene have been deleted, and so then you can assume that it's a biallelic loss. But oftentimes, when you see a frameshift alteration or a mutation, you don't know whether or not it's a biallelic loss. And you may be able to get some clues based on the variant allele frequencies, but due to things like whole genome duplication or more complex tumor genomics, it's not clear from these reports, and you really do need a more in-depth bioinformatic analysis to understand whether these are biallelic or not. So that is why I suggest that this really needs to be done in the context of a clinical trial, but there is definitely a theoretical rationale for reporting and treating patients with biallelic losses perhaps more so than someone who has a variant of unknown significance that seems to be monoallelic. The other tricky part, as I mentioned, is the fact that there could be epigenetic changes that silence the second copy, so that wouldn't be necessarily evident on a DNA report, and you would need more complex molecular testing to understand that as well. Dr. Rafeh Naqash: Sure. Now, going to your study, could you tell us what prompted the study, what was the patient population that you collected, and how did you go about this research study design? Dr. Alison Schram: It's actually a great story. I was the principal investigator for a clinical trial enrolling patients regardless of their tumor type to a combination of a PARP inhibitor and immunotherapy. And this was a large clinical trial that was being done as a basket study, as I mentioned, for patients that have either germline or somatic alterations with advanced solid tumors that had progressed on standard therapy. And the hypothesis was that the combination of a PARP inhibitor and immunotherapy would be synergistic and that there would be increased efficacy compared to either agent alone and that patients who had BRCA alterations were a sensitive population to test because of their inherent sensitivity to PARP inhibitors and perhaps their increased neoantigen burden from having loss of DNA repair. So this large study, it's been published, really did show that there was efficacy across several tumor types, but it didn't seem to clearly demonstrate synergy between the immunotherapy and the PARP inhibitor as compared to what you might expect from a PARP inhibitor alone, and in addition to a couple of cases, perhaps attributable to the immunotherapy. So maybe additive rather than synergistic efficacy. However, what really struck me looking at the data was that there were three patients with uterine leiomyosarcoma with BRCA deletions who had the best responses of anyone on the study. So incredible, durable responses. One of my patients with a complete response that continues to not have any evidence of cancer eight years after the initiation of this regimen. And for those of us that treat uterine leiomyosarcoma, this is unheard of. These patients generally, as I mentioned, respond, if they do respond to chemotherapy, it's generally short-lived and the cancer progresses. And so a complete response nearly a decade later turns heads in this field. The other interesting thing was that these uterine leiomyosarcoma patients had somatic alterations rather than a germline alteration with a second hit, and the diseases that are best validated for being responsive to PARP inhibitors include the BRCA-associated diseases, the ones that you're at increased risk for if you have a germline BRCA mutation, including breast, pancreas, prostate, and ovarian. And so it was very interesting that this disease type that seemed to be uniquely sensitive to PARP inhibitors with immunotherapy was also different in that patients with uterine leiomyosarcoma don't tend to have a high frequency of BRCA alterations, and in patients that are born with a BRCA alteration, there doesn't seem to be a clearly increased risk of uterine sarcomas. So this population really jumped out as a uniquely sensitive population that differed from the prior indications for PARP inhibitors. Given this patient and these couple of patients that we observed on the combination, in addition to some other case reports and case series that had started to come out in small numbers, we wanted to look back at our large cohort of patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering to see if we could really get a better sense of the numbers. How many patients at Sloan Kettering with uterine sarcomas have BRCA alterations? Are they generally somatic or germline? Are there unique features about these patients in terms of their clinical characteristics? How many of them have received PARP inhibitors, and if so, is this just luck that these three patients did so well, or is this really a good treatment option for patients with BRCA-altered uterine sarcomas? And so we did this retrospective analysis identifying the patients at Sloan Kettering who met these criteria. So in total, we found 35 patients with uterine sarcomas harboring BRCA alterations, and the majority were leiomyosarcoma, about 86% of them had leiomyosarcoma, which is interesting because there are other uterine sarcomas, but it does seem like BRCA alterations tend to be more often in the leiomyosarcomas. And 13 of these patients with uterine leiomyosarcoma were treated with PARP inhibitors in the recurrent or metastatic setting with about half of those patients having an overall response, so that's a significant tumor shrinkage that sustained, and a clinical benefit rate of 62%. And if we look at the patients that had these BRCA2 deep deletions, which was the patient I had that had this amazing response, the overall response rate jumped to 60% and the clinical benefit rate to 80%. And we defined clinical benefit rate as having maintained on the PARP inhibitor without evidence of progression at six months. So this is really impressive for patients with a difficult to treat disease. And we couldn't do a randomized controlled trial comparing it to chemotherapy, but looking retrospectively at outcomes on chemotherapy studies, this was very favorable, particularly because many of these patients were heavily pretreated. So to get a sense of, you know, how this might compare to chemotherapy, we tried to use patients as their own internal controls, and we looked at how long patients were maintained on the PARP inhibitor as compared to how long they were on the treatment just prior. And we used a ratio of 1.3 to say if they were on the PARP inhibitor for 1.3 times what their previous treatment was or longer, that is pretty clearly better, more of a benefit from that regimen. And the majority of patients did meet that bar. So 58% had a PFS ratio greater than 1.3, and the average PFS ratio was 1.9, suggesting, you know, you would expect the the later lines of therapy to actually not work as well, but this suggests that it's actually working better than the immediately prior line of therapy, to me, suggesting that this is truly a good treatment option for these patients. Dr. Rafeh Naqash: Very interesting. And you mentioned that individuals with tumors having deep deletions were probably more responsive. How did you figure out that there was biallelic loss or deep deletions? Was that part of an extended analysis that was done subsequently? Dr. Alison Schram: So the deletions reported on our report, if it's a biallelic deletion, that is the one biallelic molecular alteration that would be reported. So those are, by definition, biallelic, and I think that that may be one of the reasons that's a good biomarker. But also, what's interesting is that if you have both copies deleted of BRCA, you can't develop reversion mutations. So one of the the known mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitors in patients who have BRCA alterations are something called a reversion mutation where, if you have a frameshift alteration, for example, in BRCA that makes BRCA protein nonfunctional, you can develop a second mutation that actually puts the DNA back in frame, and a functional protein is now made. And so a mechanism of resistance to PARP inhibitors is actually reverting BRCA to a wild-type protein, and then BRCA's synthetic lethality no longer makes sense and is no longer effective. But if you've deleted both copies of BRCA, you don't have the ability to restore the function, and you can't develop reversion mutations. And that's perhaps why, you know, my patient and others have had these prolonged responses to PARP inhibitors because you don't have the same ability to develop that mechanism of resistance. Dr. Rafeh Naqash: I remember thinking a year and a half back, I had an individual with prostate cancer and with BRCA2, and using liquid biopsy, I had a reversion mutation that we caught. In your practice, have you seen the utility of doing the serial liquid biopsies in these individuals to catch these reversion mutations? Dr. Alison Schram: Yes, absolutely. And in patients that have the ability to develop a reversion mutation, serial cell-free DNA can catch it, but the caveat is that it doesn't always. So if you see an acquired reversion mutation in cell-free DNA, that can be helpful, particularly if you're planning on putting the patient on another line of therapy that might require a dysfunctional BRCA. So if you're putting them on a clinical trial with a PARP combination and the rationale is that they're sensitive because they don't have a functional BRCA, you would want to know if they developed a reversion mutation, and serial cell-free DNA can definitely identify these reversion mutations. Some of the major clinical trials in ovarian cancer have done serial cell-free DNA and have demonstrated the utility of that approach. The caveat is that some of these reversion mutations are not readily caught on cell-free DNA because they're more complex reversion mutations, or they're not, the part of the gene that develops the reversion mutation is not tiled on the panel. And so it doesn't always catch the reversion mutations. Also, depends on the cell-free DNA shedding, depends on the tumor volume and other factors. And we published a related paper of a patient, it was a really interesting case of a patient with prostate cancer who was on a PARP inhibitor and developed what appeared to be a single reversion mutation on one sample, had negative cell-free DNA, single reversion mutation in a tissue biopsy, and then developed disease progression. And we did an autopsy, and the patient kindly consented to an autopsy, and at the time of autopsy, there were 10 unique reversion mutations identified across 11 metastases. So almost each metastasis had a unique reversion mutation, and only one of them had been seen premortem on a tissue biopsy and not on a cell-free DNA. But that autopsy really drove home to me how much we're missing by doing clinical testing in real time and we really don't know the entire genomic complexity of our patients by doing single samples. And theoretically, cell-free DNA can catch DNA from all the metastases, so you might think that that would be a solution, and it definitely can catch reversion mutations that are not seen in a single biopsy, but you really need to do it all. I mean, you need to do the tissue biopsy sampling, you need to do cell-free DNA, and probably one cell-free DNA test is not enough. Dr. Rafeh Naqash: Thank you, again, for that very nice explanation. Now, one quick provocative question. I remember when I was training, the lab that I used to work in, they used to do a lot of phosphorylation markers for DNA damage response, like phospho NBS, RAD51. Have you seen anything of that sort on these biallelic BRCA mutations where tumors are responding, but they also have a very high signature on the phosphorylation side, and it may or may not necessarily correspond to HRD signatures, but have you noticed or done any of that analysis? Dr. Alison Schram: I think that it would be great to do that analysis. And some of the work we're doing now is actually trying to dig a little bit deeper in our cohort of patients to understand are these HRD-positive tumors? Does HRD positivity correlate with response to BRCA alterations? In terms of the functional assays, I would love to be able to do a functional assay in these samples. One of the challenges is that this was a retrospective study and many of the patients were previously treated as standard of care or off-label with these agents, and so we didn't have prospective tissue collection, and so we're really limited by the tissue that was collected as part of standard of care and the consent forms that the patient signed that allow us to do genomic and molecular testing on their samples. So, I think that is hopefully future work that we will do and others will do. Dr. Rafeh Naqash: Sure. Shifting gears to your career trajectory, I'd like to spend a couple of minutes there before we end the podcast. So Dr. Schram, you've obviously been a trailblazer in this space of drug development, early-phase trials. Can you give us a brief synopsis of your journey and how you've successfully done what you're doing and what are some of the things that drive you? Dr. Alison Schram: Well, thank you for saying that. I don't know if that's true, but I'll take the bait. I've been interested in oncology since college and was always very interested in not only the science of oncology but of course, treating patients. And in medical school, I did basic science research in a laboratory and it was very inspiring and made me want to do research in oncology in addition to clinical care. When I became an oncology fellow, I was presented with a very difficult question, which is, “Do you want to be a lab PI and be in the lab, or do you want to do clinical care and clinical research?” And I couldn't choose. I found a mentor who thankfully really had this amazing vision of combining the two and doing very early drug development, taking the data that was being generated by labs and translating it into patients at the earliest stage. So, you know, phase one drug development in molecularly targeted therapies. And so I became very interested as a fellow in early drug development and this ability to translate brand new molecular insights into novel drugs. And I joined the- at Sloan Kettering, there was the Early Drug Development, it was actually a clinic, it was called something different, and it was very fortuitous. My last year of fellowship, the clinic became its own service with the ability to hire staff at Sloan Kettering, and I was the first ever hire to our Early Drug Development Service. And that really inspired me to try and bring these drugs to patients and to really translate the amazing molecular insights that my colleagues here at Sloan Kettering are discovering, and you know, of course, at other institutions and in pharma. And you know, there 's been an amazing revolution in in drug development over the last several years, and I feel very grateful that I've been here for it. You know, I've been able to take the brilliant insights from my colleagues and put these drugs in patients, and I have the amazing privilege of watching patients in many cases that benefit from these treatments. And so I do mostly phase one drug development and molecularly targeted therapies, and truthfully, I am just very fortunate to be around such brilliant people and to have both patients and labs trust me to be able to deliver these new drugs to patients and hopefully develop better drugs that move forward through FDA approval and reach patients across the country. Dr. Rafeh Naqash: Thank you so much. That was very nicely put. And hopefully our trainees and junior faculty find that useful based on their own career trajectories. Thank you, Dr. Schram, for joining us today. Hopefully, we'll see more of your subsequent work in JCO PO. Thank you for giving us all these insights today. Dr. Alison Schram: Thank you for having me. Dr. Rafeh Naqash: Thank you for listening to JCO Precision Oncology Conversations. Don't forget to give us a rating or review and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode. You can find all ASCO shows at asco.org/podcasts. The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests on this podcast express their own opinions, experience, and conclusions. Guest statements on the podcast do not express the opinions of ASCO. 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In this episode, Georgie (17) and older sister Megan (19) reflect on Georgie's journey with Ewing's Sarcoma, diagnosed at age 15. They share the emotional impact of the diagnosis, the fear of potential amputation, and the strength found in their sibling bond. Megan opens up about supporting Georgie while managing her own emotions, often hiding her pain to stay strong for the family. Together, they discuss the importance of normalcy, the role of friends and school, and the challenges of returning to education after treatment. Georgie looks ahead to college, excited not to be defined as the person who had cancer. A powerful story of resilience, love, and growing up through adversity. RadioTherapy podcast is sponsored by the Beatson Cancer Charity Home | Beatson Cancer Charity and The National Lottery Community Fund Young Start programme, Young Start | The National Lottery Community Fund and is recorded by Go Radio in Glasgow Go Radio | 90's 00's & Now | Number 1 for Glasgow & The West (thisisgo.co.uk) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/radiotherapypodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/radiotherapypod LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/radio-therapy-podcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@radiotherapypodcast
Despite a busy Summer, BSCOS is proud to bring you the 13th Episode of the Paediatric Orthopaedic Digest with Mr Mike Reidy (@mikejreidy) from Aberdeen Childrens Hospital and previous BOA Trainer of The Year! As an incredible educator, surgeon and all round human being, Mike discusses his practice at the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, where he and his colleagues provide general paediatric orthopedic services with subspecialty interests to North Scotland, with Mike focusing on hip and neuromuscular conditions. He shares his experience with dyslexia and how alternative learning methods helped his medical education, noting that he now uses AI tools to assist with processing complex documents in his role as Training Program Director (TPD). We scoured 35 journals & highlighted the most impactful studies that we feel can change practice or improve outcomes in Paediatric Orthopaedics. Also…we discuss our favourite Mikes!Follow Updates on @BSCOS_UK on X / Instagram!REFERENCES: 1. Comparative Analysis of Postoperative Rotational Malalignment in Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures: Cross Pinning Versus Lateral Para-olecranon Pinning. Muto et al. J Pediatr Orthop. Sept 2025. PMID: 40323798 2. Can We Accurately Predict Adult Height in Pediatric Patients Who Undergo Treatment for Sarcoma? Prigmore et al. Clin Orthop Relat Res. Feb 2025. PMID: 39915098 3. Total Hip Arthroplasty in Children: A Dutch Arthroplasty Register Study with Data from 283 Hips. van Kouswijk et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am. April 2025. PMID: 39946439 4. Efficacy of a Graftless Salter Osteotomy in Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip. Kim et al. J Pediatr Soc North Am. March 2025. PMID: 40432865 5. Removable Boot vs Casting of Toddler's Fractures: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Boutin et al. JAMA Pediatr. April 2025. PMID: 40257790 6. Transverse plane kinematics between walking and running change frequently for children and young adults with idiopathic torsional issues. Maniatopoulos et al. Gait Posture. July 2025. PMID: 40616969. 7. The value of white blood cell count in predicting serious bacterial infections in children presenting to the emergency department: a multicentre observational study. PERFORM Study Group. Arch Dis Child. Feb 2025. PMID: 39332842 8. Completely Displaced Midshaft Clavicular Fractures with Skin Tenting in Adolescents: Results from the FACTS Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. Willimon et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am. May 2025. PMID: 40446020. 9. Impact of liberal preoperative clear fluid fasting regimens on the risk of pulmonary aspiration in children (EUROFAST): an international prospective cohort study. EUROFAST Study Group. Br J Anaesth. July 2025. PMID: 40410101 10. An International Consensus on Evaluation and Management of Idiopathic Genu Valgum: A Modified Delphi Survey. Ranade et al. J Pediatr Orthop. May-June 2025. PMID: 39901664. 11. Adolescents with Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Femoral Condyle Present with High Rates of Corresponding Coronal Malalignment. Clark et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am. June 2025. PMID: 40153481 12. Test-retest reliability of clinical measurements of lower extremity joint motion and alignment in the pediatric population. Saabye et al. J Child Orthop. May 2025. PMID: 40386448 13. Plates for the treatment of long bone metaphyseal and diaphyseal fracture and deformity in osteogenesis imperfecta: A scoping review. Louni & Hamdy. J Child Orthop. April 2025. PMID: 40292352 14. Long-Term Functional and Radiographic Outcomes of Untreated Tarsal Coalitions: A Community-Based Observational Study. Nash et al. J Pediatr Orthop. August 2025. PMID: 40183211 Follow Hosts: @AnishPSangh @AlpsKothari @Pranai_B
Inscríbete al curso en línea "Introducción a la Oncología Pediátrica" en https://go.ufm.edu/introduccion_a_la_... El curso en línea Introducción a la Oncología Pediátrica, ofrecido por la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Francisco Marroquín, es una introducción para la detección y diagnóstico del cáncer pediátrico. El curso es acerca de los principales tipos de cáncer pediátrico: leucemias, retinoblastoma, tumores del sistema nervioso central, masas abdominales, linfomas, sarcomas, cuidados paliativos y manejo del dolor. Anualmente se detectan entre 20-30 casos de cáncer por millón en menores de 15 años en países de recursos bajos y solo un 30% de los niños sobrevive al cáncer. El cáncer pediátrico es altamente curable con un diagnóstico oportuno y tratamiento temprano. Aprende junto a expertos en oncología pediátrica a identificar de manera temprana los signos y síntomas del cáncer pediátrico, las generalidades de la enfermedad y cuando referirlos para su tratamiento. ¡Tú puedes ayudar a salvar a un niño con cáncer! Síguenos en: https://newmedia.ufm.edu/ Facebook @ufmvideos Twitter @newmediaufm Un proyecto en alianza con: Facultad de Medicina UFM https://medicina.ufm.edu/ UNOP https://www.unop.org.gt/ AYUVI https://ayuvi.org.gt/ My Child Matters https://www.fondation-sanofi-espoir.c...
Dr Rashmi Chugh from Rogel Comprehensive Cancer Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Dr Mrinal Gounder from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, New York, summarize major clinical findings presented at the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting for patients with soft tissue sarcoma and other connective tissue neoplasms. CME information and select publications here.
In this weeks podcast from VJOncology, five leading experts share updates and insights on the evolving landscape of precision medicine... The post Sarcoma awareness month: advances in precision medicine appeared first on VJOncology.
Featuring perspectives from Dr Rashmi Chugh and Dr Mrinal Gounder, including the following topics: Introduction: Current Role of General Medical Oncologists in the Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcomas (STS) (0:00) Incorporation of Novel Agents and Strategies into the Management of STS — Faculty Presentation (6:38) Incorporation of Novel Agents and Strategies into the Management of STS — Survey Questions (20:34) Evolving Treatment Paradigm for Locally Aggressive STS — Faculty Presentation (31:09) Evolving Treatment Paradigm for Locally Aggressive STS — Survey Questions (46:44) CME information and select publications
Amy Dixon took her then 9 year old son Ben to his pediatrician and many specialists early in 2019 to find out what was the cause of the leg pain that had been bothering him. The one thing that these doctors agreed about was that it was NOT Cancer related. Unfortunately however, that was not the case. Ben was finally diagnosed with the Bone Cancer Ewings Sarcoma and after his first treatment protocol was declared to be in remission. 3 months later, in June of 2020, Ben relapsed which led to his sudden passing on July 8th of 2021 .
July is Sarcoma awareness month!! A diagnosis of sarcoma can have a lasting impact on patients and families. For those who have been diagnosed and their families, there are resources and groups dedicated to educate, support and raise awareness. In this episode we highlight the MIBagents! A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a better community and support for patients with pediatric osteosarcoma and their families. They accomplish this through many various patient programs, engaging clinicians, scientists and patients. Links https://www.mibagents.org Sarcoma strong Annual 5k - https://www.zippy-reg.com/online_reg/index.php?e=2167&rfrl=leIOZdAxZ%2BA724wBbO5ycg%3D%3D Team - UMMC Orthopaedics Find out More about our Doctors: Dr. Izuchukwu Ibe: www.linkedin.com/in/izuchukwu-ibe-a073537a/ Dr. Elyse Brinkmann: www.linkedin.com/in/elyse-brinkmann/
BUFFALO, NY - July 18, 2025 – A new #editorial was #published in Volume 16 of Oncotarget on July 16, 2025, titled “microRNAs in soft tissue sarcoma: State of the art and barriers to translation.” In this article, Elizaveta K. Titerina, Alessandro La Ferlita, and Joal D. Beane from Ohio State University discuss the role of microRNAs in soft tissue sarcomas (STS), a rare and diverse group of cancers that begin in connective tissues, like bone or fat. The authors explain how these small molecules regulate cancer-related processes and highlight their potential as non-invasive biomarkers for diagnosis and monitoring. They also outline the main challenges that need to be addressed before microRNA-based strategies can be used in clinical settings. Soft tissue sarcomas include over 50 subtypes, making precise diagnosis and effective treatment difficult. The editorial describes how microRNAs influence cancer growth, spread, and response to therapies. Because microRNAs are stable in body fluids like blood and saliva, they could be used for early detection and to help guide treatment decisions. Such as, certain groups of microRNAs are linked to how patients respond to specific drugs, showing their potential as tools for precision medicine. “For example, miR-17-92 and miR-106b-25 clusters have been associated with sensitivity or resistance to eribulin in STS.” The authors also explain that microRNAs could help distinguish between tumor types that are often difficult to differentiate, such as benign lipomas and malignant liposarcomas. Recognizing these differences is crucial for guiding treatment decisions. Specific patterns of microRNA expression in blood samples may enable clinicians to make quicker and more reliable diagnoses without the need for invasive procedures. Beyond their diagnostic role, microRNAs are also being explored as therapeutic tools, but applying microRNA-based therapies to patients remains challenging. These molecules can act as either cancer promoters or suppressors, depending on the environment, which complicates the development of safe and targeted treatments. However, new delivery methods such as lipid nanoparticles show promise in improving precision and safety. Overall, microRNAs are emerging as an important focus in STS research, offering new possibilities for advancing diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. As researchers continue to address the current challenges, these small molecules could become valuable tools in improving cancer care. DOI - https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28754 Correspondence to - Joal D. Beane, joal.beane@osumc.edu Video short - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlLGA8BObPQ Sign up for free Altmetric alerts about this article - https://oncotarget.altmetric.com/details/email_updates?id=10.18632%2Foncotarget.28754 Subscribe for free publication alerts from Oncotarget - https://www.oncotarget.com/subscribe/ Keywords - cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, liposarcoma, microRNA, small non-coding RNA, cancer biomarkers To learn more about Oncotarget, please visit https://www.oncotarget.com and connect with us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Oncotarget/ X - https://twitter.com/oncotarget Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oncotargetjrnl/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@OncotargetJournal LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/oncotarget Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/oncotarget/ Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/user/Oncotarget/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0gRwT6BqYWJzxzmjPJwtVh MEDIA@IMPACTJOURNALS.COM
- Overview of Epithelioid Sarcoma - The Role of the Pathologist: The Importance of the Pathology Report - The Role of Surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiation & Targeted Therapies - New Treatment Approaches - Update on Epithelioid Clinical Trials: How Research Increases Treatment Options - Managing Treatment Side Effects, Symptoms, Discomfort, Quality-of-Life Concerns, Pain Management & Supportive Care - Preparing for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions, Follow-Up Care & Discussion of OpenNotes - Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team - Stress Management Suggestions & Tips - Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Overview of Epithelioid Sarcoma - The Role of the Pathologist: The Importance of the Pathology Report - The Role of Surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiation & Targeted Therapies - New Treatment Approaches - Update on Epithelioid Clinical Trials: How Research Increases Treatment Options - Managing Treatment Side Effects, Symptoms, Discomfort, Quality-of-Life Concerns, Pain Management & Supportive Care - Preparing for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions, Follow-Up Care & Discussion of OpenNotes - Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team - Stress Management Suggestions & Tips - Questions for Our Panel of Experts
La Capilla del Centro Cultural Torrente Ballester acogerá esta tarde a partir de las 20.00 horas, una jornada de concienciación sobre el sarcoma, organizada por la Asociación de Sarcomas de Galicia (ASARGA) en colaboración con el Concello de Ferrol. El acto incluirá la proyección del documental «O Sarcoma Día a Día», una pieza audiovisual que recoge los testimonios de pacientes que conviven con este tipo de cáncer poco frecuente. El documental busca visibilizar sus experiencias diarias, los retos a los que se enfrentan y la fortaleza con la que afrontan la enfermedad. Mayte Deus, presidenta de Asarga, anima a toda la ciudadanía a asistir y participar en esta iniciativa solidaria, y agradece el apoyo constante de la Concejalía de Política Social e Inclusión. Además, destacó el éxito del I Festival Solidario de Asarga, celebrado el año pasado en el Teatro Jofre, como ejemplo del compromiso institucional con la causa. La entrada será libre hasta completar aforo. La actividad está dirigida tanto al público general como a profesionales sanitarios, familiares de pacientes y colectivos sociales, con el objetivo de fomentar la sensibilización y el conocimiento sobre el sarcoma.
Sarcoma is rare but the need for awareness is urgent. This lesser-known group of cancers often goes undetected until it's advanced, making early diagnosis difficult and treatment more complex. In our latest episode, we're shedding light on what sarcoma is, the early warning signs, the hurdles in diagnosis, and the progress in research that's giving patients better options and hope.If you're in healthcare, patient advocacy, or simply want to be more informed, this conversation matters. Listen, share, and help amplify the message. Only on TALRadio English.Host : MadhaviExpert : Kaumudi Bhawe#TALRadioEnglish #SarcomaAwareness #CancerAwareness #HealthEducation #Oncology #RareCancer #PatientSupport #EarlyDetection #CancerCare #HealthcareProfessionals #PublicHealth #MedicalResearch #TouchALife #TALRadio
What happens when cancer strikes in your 20s or 30s? How do you navigate life-changing diagnoses during the most formative years of your life? In this powerful episode of All Talk Oncology, Kenny Perkins speaks with Dr. Venkataraman, a young adult cancer specialist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, who is deeply committed to caring for patients with rare cancers like sarcoma. From the emotional trauma of delayed diagnoses to the complexities of survivorship, Dr. V shares how he supports patients not just through treatment—but through rediscovering their lives afterward. Key topics discussed: Why young adults are often diagnosed late—and what we can do about it How sarcoma differs from other cancers and why it's so misunderstood Treatment challenges: surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and their impact Why survivorship care is just as important as treatment The mental health struggles cancer patients rarely talk about The role of personalized care: meeting patients where they are Advances in sarcoma research, clinical trials, and treatment protocols Empowering patients to take charge of their own journey Creative outlets for physicians: how Dr. V uses reflective writing to process the emotional weight of oncology Immortalize your voice by being an ALL TALK ONCOLOGY GUEST! Just fill-out this FORM. SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS: All Talk Oncology: Instagram & Facebook JOIN OUR FREE COMMUNITY: Facebook Community WEBSITE: https://www.alltalkoncology.com
The James Sarcoma Program continues to grow, with the recent opening of the multidisciplinary Sarcoma Clinic, new and cutting-edge clinical trials and a project in Ecuador to train doctors to treat sarcoma patients. “The entire continuum of cancer care is improving and that's why it's important to have a multi-disciplinary team and clinic, so patients have access to all these advances,” said Joel Mayerson, MD, director of the James Sarcoma Program. Mayerson described the recent advances made by the Sarcoma Program. A renowned sarcoma surgeon, in recent years Mayerson has been utilizing 3D printing to create replacement “bones” for sarcoma patients. “We can take scans and create [with the 3D printer] ‘bones' the exact size of what we remove.” In a new clinical trial “we've found that if we give immunotherapy concurrently with radiation therapy it helps the radiation works better,” Mayerson said, adding “we have the first proton radiation center in Ohio and that allows us to hone the beam to a smaller area and damages less tissue.” Mayerson and the sarcoma team have been collaborating with the world-class veterinarians at Ohio State Veterinary Medical Center to create a probe that allows surgeons to see, in real time during surgery, the difference between normal tissue and tumorous tissue. Seeing the difference enables surgeons to remove less normal tissue, which leads to better function and quality of life for patients. “We used pilot data funded by Steps for Sarcoma to apply for and receive an Ohio State President's Accelerator grant,” Mayerson said. Steps for Sarcoma is the annual fundraising walk; the next Steps will be held September 21. After operating on a patient from Ecuador, Mayerson and the sarcoma team “were asked to help build the program there,” he said. An Ecuadorian surgeon spent a year at the James working with Mayerson and his team, additional physicians will be trained and “our sarcoma tumor board helps guide them in treating their sarcoma patients … This has been one of the most satisfying things I've done in my career, to know that we're impacting patients a couple thousand miles away.”
Sarcoma is deadliest cancer among children and young people, accounting for nearly one third of deaths among the 15-24 age group. Despite this, research funding remains low compared to more common cancers, and feeds back into low survival rates. It's also reportedly misdiagnosed a third of the time, highlighting the urgent need for better early detection. What do we do if we feel like our doctors misdiagnosed us? What signs should we look out for? How can we balance cancer-research to address the common ones and the deadliest ones? Orthopaedic Surgeon Andrew Johnston joins Tim Beveridge for the Health Hub... LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dù chỉ chiếm 1% các ca ung thư ở người lớn, sarcoma lại gây ra tới một phần ba các ca tử vong do ung thư ở thanh thiếu niên Úc. Các chuyên gia kêu gọi nâng cao nhận thức và đầu tư nhiều hơn vào nghiên cứu để cứu sống những người trẻ.
La Asociación de Sarcomas Grupo Asistencial (ASARGA) se suma un año más a la conmemoración del Día Internacional del Sarcoma, que se celebra el próximo 13 de julio, con un extenso programa de actividades destinadas a visibilizar esta enfermedad rara, sensibilizar a la ciudadanía y recaudar fondos para apoyar a pacientes y familiares. Este año, la conmemoración tendrá un significado especialmente emotivo tras el reciente fallecimiento de Iara Mantiñán Bua, una de las fundadoras de ASARGA, referente en la lucha contra el sarcoma y ejemplo de fortaleza y entrega. La asociación rendirá homenaje a su figura durante los actos previstos, recordándola como una luchadora incansable cuya memoria seguirá impulsando el trabajo de la entidad. Entre las acciones más destacadas figura la colaboración con la Asociación Cultural Son d’aquí, durante la celebración del tradicional Serán, que tendrá lugar en A Coruña del 11 al 13 de julio. Este festival popular, que este año celebra su 10º aniversario, dedicará parte de su recaudación a la lucha contra el sarcoma. ASARGA aprovechará este marco para lanzar una camiseta solidaria conmemorativa, disponible tanto en su sede como en su página web y en varios comercios del barrio de Montealto. Además, se habilitará un puesto solidario los días 11 y 12 de julio en la Plaza de España, donde también se celebrará un bingo solidario el sábado a las 19:00 horas. Los premios han sido donados por el Real Club Deportivo de A Coruña, incluyendo camisetas, sudaderas y un equipamiento completo del club. Las actividades de concienciación ya comenzaron en junio, con la presentación del libro y documental “El sarcoma día a día”, que recoge testimonios de pacientes reales. En colaboración con el Concello de Ferrol, el documental se proyectará el próximo 18 de julio en el Centro Cultural Torrente Ballester. Mayte Deus, presidenta de ASARGA, ha querido subrayar la importancia de estas iniciativas: “Invitamos a toda la comunidad a participar. Visibilizar el sarcoma es vital, y recordar a personas como Iara nos recuerda por qué seguimos luchando cada día”.
In this episode, Vera spoke with Dr. Alessandra Maleddu, a medical oncologist and sarcoma specialist at the University of Colorado. Dr. Maleddu specializes in soft tissue and bone sarcomas, with a particular focus on desmoid tumors and advancing clinical trials in this rare disease area. Desmoid tumors are locally invasive soft tissue tumors that present unique diagnostic and treatment challenges, as they can vary significantly from patient to patient and are often misdiagnosed. Women are two to three times more likely than men to be diagnosed with a desmoid tumor. Dr. Maleddu trained in Italy and the UK, completing a sarcoma fellowship at University College London Hospital, general oncology training at the University of Bologna and earning her MD from the University of Cagliari in Italy. Tune in to hear how Dr. Maleddu is helping lead in the sarcoma space, with a focus on desmoid tumors. For more life science and medical device content, visit the Xtalks Vitals homepage. https://xtalks.com/vitals/ Follow Us on Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/Xtalks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xtalks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Xtalks.Webinars/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xtalks-webconferences YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/XtalksWebinars/featured
Welcome to Season 2 of the Orthobullets Podcast.Today's show is Foundations, where we review foundational knowledge for frontline MSK providers such as junior orthopaedic residents, ER physicians, and primary care providers.This episode will cover the topic of Ewing's Sarcoma, from our Pathology section at Orthobullets.com.Follow Orthobullets on Social Media:FacebookInstagram TwitterLinkedInYouTube
Tumores óseos: ¿Qué son, sus síntomas y tratamiento?Para hablar de este tema nos acompañó el Dr. Luis Willians, Traumatólogo y oncólogo ortopedista. Especialista en tumores óseos.Un tumor óseo es una proliferación anormal de células dentro de un hueso. Este tipo de tumor puede ser canceroso (maligno) o no (benigno).¿Cuáles son los síntomas?En cuanto a los síntomas, el dolor puede ser poco intenso y localizado. Cuando aparecen síntomas como pérdida de peso, astenia o fiebre, hay que pensar en la existencia de un tumor maligno.Los pacientes que padecen Sarcoma de Ewing avanzado pueden presentar también fiebre y afectación del estado general.La causa de los tumores óseos se desconoce. A menudo se presentan en áreas del hueso que crecen rápido. las posibles causas incluyen: anomalías genéticas hereditarias, radiación y alguna lesión. En la mayoría de los casos, no se encuentra ninguna causa específica.Los cánceres que comienzan en los huesos se denominan tumores óseos primarios. Los cánceres de hueso que comienzan en otra parte del cuerpo (como las mamas, los pulmones o el colon) se denominan tumores secundarios o Tumores Óseos metastásicos.
Waiting for a proper cancer diagnosis for 9 months is something that should never happen, especially when the doctor says that the chances of cancer on a 1-10 scale were ZERO in his opinion. Unfortunately that is what happened to Jen and Will Fox in regards to their then 8 year old son who was finally diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma in the winter of 2018, and passed away on May 25th of 2021.
Following a brief break, there is no better time for a brief review and catch up. During this episode we go over some commonly used terminology and processes along the sarcoma timeline with the new addition to our team, and host Dr. Sarah Ballatori
Dr Bill Nelson talks with Dr Christine Pratilas, the new Director of Pediatric Oncology at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, about the care of children with sarcoma and the importance of research funding in discovering new treatments for childhood cancers.
In this episode of the Onc Now Podcast, host Jonathan Sackier is joined by Joan Carles, Head of Section for the Genitourinary, Central Nervous System, Sarcomas and Tumours of Unknown Origin Unit at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital. Carles discusses breakthroughs in genitourinary cancer and sarcoma treatment, including anti-angiogenic therapies, overcoming resistance, and the role of genetic polymorphisms in personalised medicine. Timestamps: 00:00 – Introduction 01:56 – Anti-angiogenic therapies 05:03 – Treatment resistance 07:53 – Genetic polymorphisms 09:02 – Sarcoma treatments 11:16 – Novel drugs 15:22 – Oncology societies 18:00 – Carles' three wishes for healthcare
Imagine the shock and horror of having a child be diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, going through treatment for that for 8 months,, relapsing 2 months later, and then being told that the first diagnosis was wrong, and that the child actually had Ewings Sarcoma. That is what happened to then 2 1/2 year old Connor Mocey who is now 5 years old and doing as well as possible while dealing with this difficult Bone Cancer.
Katie Histing was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma when she was a 17 year old High School Senior in 2018. Katie fought her disease like a true Champion, made countless friends along the way and will always be known as a Pediatric Cancer Icon. Katie passed away on November 25th of 2024, approximately 6 months after Katie was told that there were no more curative options for her.
In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, David Hollingworth and Daniel Croft talk about Chris Krebs' extraordinary decision to step down from SentinelOne in order to fight the Trump administration, an array of hacks both global and local, and the importance of funding the essential CVE Program. And China has made fascinating claims about US activity against the Asian Winter Games earlier this year. Hollingworth and Croft kick things off with Chris Krebs, who announced his resignation from SentinelOne this week following the signing of an executive order revoking his security clearance. He doesn't want to distract from SentinelOne's work, and he plans on taking this fight to the US government. Croft and Hollingworth then catch up on the week in cyber crime, with the 4chan message board getting hacked by a rival board, car rental giant Hertz Australia confirming it was caught up in a global Hertz data breach, and local outfit TMA Group of Companies falling victim to Sarcoma ransomware attack. The podcast wraps up with the pair talking about funding uncertainty involving the vital vulnerability-tracking CVE Program and how important the program is as a frontline tool against hackers and nation-state actors. Enjoy the podcast, The Cyber Uncut team
Ginny Curtin is living with sarcoma. She's not just surviving- she's thriving and sharing her perspective with fellow patients. This includes amazing adventures packed with incredible photography.
Featuring perspectives from Dr Rashmi Chugh and Dr Richard F Riedel, including the following topics: Other Connective Tissue Neoplasms — Dr Chugh (0:00) Sarcoma — Dr Riedel (28:16) CME information and select publications
Dr Bill Nelson talks with Dr Christian Meyer about being named the Johns Hopkins Hospital Physician of the Year and treating patients with sarcoma. Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/3XFAt2R
Interview with Jade Homsi, MD
This featured podcast brings together 2 experts to discuss the care of patients with epithelioid sarcoma.
Osteosarcoma Webinar Series: Sowmya Ramesh, PhD joins us on OsteoBites to discuss how multi-modal omics analysis identifies targetable sensory neuron circuitry that promotes sarcoma disease progression.Bone pain is a hallmark of bone cancers, including osteosarcoma (OS), mediated by skeletal-innervating peripheral afferent neurons. However, the roles of tumor-associated sensory neurons in OS beyond pain perception remain poorly understood. To investigate their regulatory functions, a chemical-genetic approach was employed in mice carrying a knock-in allele for TrkA to perturb sensory nerve innervation during OS growth and progression. TrkA inhibition in these transgenic mice significantly reduced sarcoma-associated sensory innervation and vascularization, altered tumor-associated macrophage polarization, decreased tumor growth and metastasis, and extended overall survival.These findings suggest that targeting pathological innervation in OS may serve as an adjunctive therapy to enhance clinical outcomes and survival.Dr. Ramesh is a postdoctoral researcher from the James lab at Johns Hopkins. The lab's research focus lies at the intersection of skeletal pathophysiology and stem cell biology. The lab looks at the interaction of nerves in various musculoskeletal repair including bone repair and regeneration, osteoprogenitor cell characterization, and neoplastic bone. Dr. Ramesh specifically works on understanding how peripheral nerves regulate osteosarcoma disease progression.
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What was thought to be a sprained ankle became a completely different situation for 10 year old Rachel Webster when she was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma. Rachel just turned 13 and is doing as well as possible after her battle and living as good of a life as she can. Her mom Marcy will talk about her daughter and the way that she has been able to overcome many obstacles as she now has No Evidence Of Disease.
In today's episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Yvonne Mowery, MD, PhD, about the phase 2 SU2C-SARC032 trial (NCT03092323) investigating the addition of pembrolizumab to preoperative radiotherapy and surgery in patients with soft-tissue sarcoma. Dr Mowey is a physician scientist and an associate professor of radiation oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center in Pennsylvania. In our exclusive interview, Dr Mowery discussed unmet needs for patients with soft-tissue sarcoma that prompted the initiation of this research, key efficacy and safety findings from the trial, and potential next steps for investigating the treatment regimen in this patient population.
Raising awareness about sarcoma is essential to reducing treatment delays and preventing misdiagnoses of this rare cancer with over 100 subtypes. The Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC) is dedicated to providing up-to-date information on sarcoma management and the unique challenges associated with diagnosis and treatment in community settings. In this episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks with Richard Riedel, MD, professor of medicine at Duke Cancer Institute, to explore the critical resources needed for sarcoma care, including psychosocial support and the financial difficulties often faced by patients. Dr Riedel also discusses the future of treatment options in community-based settings and the importance of collaboration between community providers and academic/specialty centers. Additionally, CANCER BUZZ speaks with Katie Wintergerst, a sarcoma patient, who shares her personal journey and the challenges she encountered on her path to diagnosis. “It's critically important to partner with centers with disease-specific expertise, academic centers, for example, that are well-positioned to partner with community-based providers in providing optimal care for patients.” – Richard Riedel, MD “What I've had to become comfortable with ... is that clinical trials can be tricky and they can be scary, but in the world of sarcoma, there haven't been a lot of new products FDA-approved for treatment. Clinical trials is where the work is going on.” -Katie Wintergerst Richard Riedel, MD Professor of Medicine Duke Cancer Institute Durham, NC Katie Wintergerst Sarcoma Patient Resources: ACCC Sarcoma Resources for Providers and Patients SFA Clinical Trials Resource Center Sarcoma Treatment Centers
For many, the holiday season is celebrated through music. Minneapolis musician Ben Cook-Feltz wrote an entire album to celebrate with. In one song, he pays tribute to frosty nights, meals with loved ones; in another, he hypes up Christmas vacation. He will celebrate Sunday with his fourth-annual “Holiday Shindig” at the Cedar Cultural Center.The celebration has a special meaning for Ben: he is a childhood cancer survivor and is donating proceeds from the event to Rein in Sarcoma, an organization that benefits people with sarcoma, a rare bone and tissue cancer. He joins MPR News host Nina Moini to share some of his music.
Welcome to Season 2 of the Orthobullets Podcast. Today's show is Core, where we review Core Knowledge for Orthopaedic Surgeons. This episode will cover the topic of Synovial Sarcoma, from our Pathology section at Orthobullets.com. Follow Orthobullets on Social Media: Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn YouTube
Welcome to the Orthobullets Podcasts. Today's show is Total Recall, where we review all of the highest yield points for anyone studying for the Orthopedic in Training Exam or part one of the ABOS Board Exam. Today's episode will cover the topic of Synovial Sarcoma from the Pathology section at Orthobullets.com. Follow Orthobullets on Social Media: Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn YouTube
Welcome to Season 2 of the Orthobullets Podcast. Today's show is Foundations, where we review foundational knowledge for frontline MSK providers such as junior orthopaedic residents, ER physicians, and primary care providers. This episode will cover the topic of Soft Tissue Sarcoma, from our Pathology section at Orthobullets.com. Follow Orthobullets on Social Media: Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn YouTube
Join U.S. Army National Guard Veteran Sean Claiborne as he hosts a powerful episode of America's Heroes Group, featuring a discussion on the Sarcoma Foundation of America. Special guest Amethyst, a Stellar Award-winning gospel singer, shares her deeply personal journey of losing her sister to sarcoma, while launching her latest album, An Amethyst Symphony. Also on the panel are Tasha Nathan, Program Manager for Engagement & Advocacy, and Brandi Felser, CEO of the Sarcoma Foundation of America, who bring expert insights on sarcoma, treatment challenges, and the fight for increased research and awareness. This is a must-watch for those looking to understand rare cancers, find hope, and witness the healing power of music.
In this episode Nurse John invites Steve De Petrillo, the co-founder of Garde-Malade Scrubs. Steve was diagnosed with Sarcoma and found himself between life and death in the hospital. With the help of nurses and other healthcare workers, he won the battle and is currently on remission with the help of his wife Marie, the CEO of Garde-Malade, they found a way to give back to those who gave them healing, caring, and loving hands during the most difficult time of their lives. Bestie let's dive into this inspiring and million-dollar worthy story. Do me the biggest favour bestie, by giving us a 5 star in Spotify & Apple podcast, and to other platforms you're listening to, follow our podcast, leave a comment, turn on notification and share it to your social, it will help us spread the love and get us going! Follow me here: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nurse.johnn Instagram: https://instagram.com/nurse.johnn YouTube: https://youtube.com/@NurseJohnn Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nurse.johnn Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7Hp3DBH... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast... Check out my merch and get yourself one bestie! https://nursejohnn.com