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Leiomyosarcoma
First Coast Cancer Patient's Dreams Come True Feb 20, 2006
First Coast News, ..."I love horses.". Joey hasn't had a lot to smile about lately. He's battling leiomyosarcoma, a rare cancer. His father also died last year. ...
Leiomyosarcoma of the left atrium mimicking a left atrial myxoma Jan 23, 2006
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ...cells appeared vimentin, desmin, and -smooth muscle actin positive (Figure 2, C and D) and myogenin negative, in keeping with a pleomorphic leiomyosarcoma. ...
Leiomyosarcoma of the left atrium mimicking a left atrial myxoma Jan 23, 2006
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ...* Address for reprints: Gaetano Thiene, MD, FRCP, Institute of Pathological Anatomy, Via A. Gabelli, 61, Padua 35121, Italy (Email: gaetano.thiene@unipd.it). ...
Allen Sommers, PR agent Nov 22, 2005
Philadelphia Inquirer, Rockledge. Donations may be sent to National Leiomyosarcoma Foundation, Ricki Gero Research Fund, 129 Hawkins Rd., Maryland, NY 12116.
Twenty-Seven Percent Of Advanced Sarcoma Patients Experience ... Nov 18, 2005
DG News The primary objective of the trial is to asses efficacy and safety in four subgroups: bone sarcomas, leiomyosarcoma, liposarcoma and other soft tissue sarcomas ...
It might as well have been Nov 18, 2005
Global Nation, ...posthaste to Houston,. Texas, where biopsies confirmed that Bella had stage 4 Leiomyosarcoma (LMS), a rare kind of cancer. The doctors ...
A sarcoma is a cancer of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.
The term comes from a Greek word meaning "fleshy growth." Bone tumors (osteosarcomas) are also called sarcomas, but are in a separate category because they have different clinical and microscopic characteristics and are treated differently. Osteogenic sarcoma or osteosarcoma is one of the most common childhood bone cancers.
Organizations such as the Sarcoma Foundation of America are working to fund research towards a cure for sarcoma, while other patient-oriented organizations such as the Sarcoma Alliance are working to educate patients about the disease, and still others like the Rare Cancer Alliance are working to give patients online support.
The most famous victim of this disease is Terry Fox who was required to have a leg amputated as treatment. He subsesquently began heroic fundraising efforts towards medical research which enabled advances that dramatically improved the survivability of the ailment.
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