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J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2005 Apr;13(1):58-63 Leow AM, Halim AS, Wan Z. Reconstructive Sciences Department, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
PURPOSE: To review the role of free tissue transfer in reconstructive surgery following resection of high-grade soft-tissue sarcomas of the lower limb.
CONCLUSION: Tissue transfer allows early adjuvant therapy...

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1983 May;65(3):299-307
Sarcoma complicating Paget's disease of bone. A clinicopathological study of 62 cases.Schajowicz F, Santini Araujo E, Berenstein M. Out of 21 900 cases filed at the Latin-American Registry of Bone Pathology between April 1940 and July 1981, there were 987 with Paget's disease (4.51 per...

What does it mean that a lesion is sclerotic? Well, generally, it means that it is due to a fairly slow-growing process. Bone reacts to its environment in two ways -- either by removing some of itself or by creating more of itself. If the disorder it is reacting to...

Surgical Staging System for Musculoskeletal Tumors (Enneking and MSTS)

Subcutaneous sarcoma. A population-based study of 129 patients. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1991 Jul;73(4):662-7
Rydholm A, Gustafson P, Rööser B, Willén H, Berg NO. University Hospital, Lund, Sweden. We reviewed 129 patients with subcutaneous sarcoma diagnosed from 1964 to the end of 1985 in a population-based series of sarcoma cases from southern...

This site is an Orthopaedic Oncology Atlas compiled from the personal medical library of Dr. James Johnston, an orthopaedic surgeon for over 40 years. Nearly 5000 slides including radiology/MRI imagery, operative photographs and histology have been converted to images and are presented along with a description of the case diagnosis...

Links to Bone Tumor subjects in Wheeless Textbook of Orthopaedics Benign Osteoid osteoma; Osteoblastoma; Osteoma; Osteochondroma; Enchondroma; Periosteal chondroma; Chondroblastoma; Chondromyxoid fibroma; Osteochondroma; Nonossifying fibroma; Desmoplastic fibroma; Fibrous Dysplasia; Eosinophilic granuloma; Aneurysmal bone cyst; Hemangioma; Simple bone cyst; Giant Cell Tumor; Chordoma; Adamantinoma Malignant Classic osteosarcoma; Parosteal osteosarcoma; Periosteal osteosarcoma; Chondrosarcoma; Fibrosarcoma of...

Links to Soft Tissue Tumor subject covered in Wheeless Textbook of Orthopaedics Benign Myositis ossificans; Synovial Chondromatosis; Fibroma; Desmoplastic Fibroma; Fibromatosis; PVS; Hemangioma; Lipoma; Neurolemmoma; Neurofibroma; Neuroblastoma Malignant Extraosseous chondrosarcoma; Fibrosarcoma; Malignant fibrous histiocytoma; Synovial sarcoma; Angiosarcoma; Liposarcoma; Neurosarcoma; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Malignant Melanoma; Squamous Cell Carcinoma; GCT of Tendon Sheath; Epithelioid Sarcoma

A complete on-line bone tumor resource. Includes information on tumors by name and surgical procedures.

CancerNet: Types of Cancer includes Bone Cancer

Fact sheet on what clincial trials are and the types of clinical trials.

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Sarcoma.Net was founded to help patients, their loved ones, and health care professionals access sarcoma-specific information that will be understandable, useful, fair, and unbiased.

Brief descriptions of different kinds of sarcomas, including bone cancers