BACKGROUND FUS1 is a tumor suppressor gene located on human chromosome 3p21.3. Frequent loss of FUS1 protein expression is associated with lung cancer development. This study examined FUS1 expression and its possible tumor-suppressive role in bone and soft tissue sarcomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS The expressions of FUS1 mRNA and FUS1 protein were assessed in sarcoma cell lines, sarcoma tissues,...

introduction: head and neck sarcomas involve a group of rare malignant diseases with a high histological variability involving various anatomical sites that can lead to under-reporting of the true incidence of these neoplasms. this study aimed to epidemiologically investigate the occurrence of sarcomas of the head and neck within the past 20 years in yazd, iran (1994– 2014). materials and metho...

endometrial stromal sarcomas (ess) are the second most common uterine sarcomas. endometrial stromal sarcomas account for 0.25% of all uterine malignancies. uterine sarcomas most often affect postmenopausal women. the aim of this retrospective study was to review the experience in the treatment and clinical outcome of low grade malignant endometrial stromal sarcoma. seventeen patients with histo...

primary pleuropulmonary synovial sarcomas are rare soft tissue malignancies; combined metastatic involvement of the heart is extremely rare. in this case report, a 17-year-old female presented with a history of chest pain. chest radiographs revealed a round mass in the left upper hemithorax, and computed tomography (ct) showed a well-defined heterogeneous enhancing mass abutting the pleura. a c...

introduction: malignant mesenchymal tumors of the larynx are rare. one type of malignant mesenchymal tumor is synovial sarcoma with unknown histogenesis, which occurs predominantly in the lower extremities of young adults. the head and neck region is a relatively rare location. there are few cases of malignant mesenchymal tumors with laryngeal localization in literature.  case report: in this r...

1. department of pathology, burdwan medical college, burdwan, west bengal, india 2. department of pathology, bankura sammilani medical college, bankura, west bengal, india                   corresponding author: nirmalya chakrabarti, md; tel: (+91) 9477882332 email: [email protected] received: 06 july 2014 accepted: 03 feb. 2015 iran j cancer prev. 2015; 2:129-33.     abstract among...

conclusions pnet/ews should be included in the differential diagnosis of renal tumors in symptomatic young adults. patients with localised pnet/ews treated with a combination of surgery and chemotherapy have an excellent chance of long-term survival, as in the case we have presented. introduction primitive neuroectodermal tumor (pnet)/ewing’s sarcoma (ews) belongs to a family of neoplasms that ...

O presente caso trata de síndrome imunodeficiência adquirida e sarcoma Kaposi do reto diagnosticado no Hospital Oncologia INAMPS em outubro 1983.

Synonyms: Clear cell sarcoma of soft tissue, Clear cell sarcoma of the tendons and aponeuroses, malignant melanoma of the soft parts. Background: Rodriguez-Martin, Ortiz-Cruz, Del Rio, Vivanco, & Lopaz-Amor in 2011 stated “Clear cell sarcoma is a high-grade soft tissue sarcoma seen in adolescents and young adults, with melanosytic differentiation typically involving tendons and aponeuroses”. Cl...

primary breast sarcoma is a rare disease of the breast that comprises a heterogeneous group of malignant mesenchymal neoplasms, including angiosarcoma, liposarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, sarcomas with bone and cartilage, and malignant fibrous histiocytoma. yet the exact incidence of primary breast sarcoma has not been reported, but it approximately accounts for less than 1% of all breas...