Leiomyosarcoma of the Right Gonadal Vein: Review of the Approach and Prognostic in a Rare Case by Noa de la Fuente, Manuel Rodríguez Blanco, Gemma Cerdán, Antonio Moral, Vicenç Artigas

“…Venous leiomyosarcoma is a mesenchymal tumour that represents 5-7% of soft tissue sarcomas. It originates in the smooth muscle cells of the vessel wall and is frequently located in the inferior vena cava. …”
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A Bayesian active learning platform for scalable combination drug screens by Christopher Tosh, Mauricio Tec, Jessica B. White, Jeffrey F. Quinn, Glorymar Ibanez Sanchez, Paul Calder, Andrew L. Kung, Filemon S. Dela Cruz, Wesley Tansey

“…Further, the model identifies a panel of top combinations for Ewing sarcomas, which follow-up validation experiments confirm to be effective, including the rational and translatable top hit of PARP plus topoisomerase I inhibition. …”
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Atypical Lipomatous Tumor/Well-Differentiated Liposarcoma with Intramuscular Lipoma-Like Component of the Thigh by Chairat Burusapat, Nuttadon Wongprakob, Nutthapong Wanichjaroen, Chatchai Pruksapong, Kantang Satayasoontorn

“…ALT most frequently occurs in deep soft tissue of proximal extremities (thigh and buttock) and usually presents as a deep-seated, painless mass that can slowly attain a very large size, which is one of the most common sarcomas of extremity. In the patients who presented with deep-seated tumor, distinction between intramuscular lipoma and well-differentiated liposarcoma is important due to the differences in treatment and prognosis. …”
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Primary Gliosarcoma of the Cerebellum in a Young Pregnant Woman: Management Challenges and Immunohistochemical Features by Marco Meloni, Salvatore Serra, Giulia Bellisano, Nikolaos Syrmos, Sanjeeva Jeyaretna, Mario Ganau

“…GS should be considered in the differential diagnosis of posterior cranial fossa tumors with radiological features of meningioma or glioblastoma, even in young patients. To this regard, sarcomas, solitary fibrous tumors, and even metastases should be considered, especially in light of the tendency of GS to give rise to extracranial localizations. …”
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Evaluation of efficacy of GCSF in reducing neutropenia among carcinoma patients undergoing anti-cancer chemotherapy. A prospective cohort study. by Maria Kakar, Sami Ullah, Amjad Khan, Shabnam Nazir

“…Adult patients of both genders, suffering from different types of sarcomas and taking anticancer chemotherapy were included in the study. …”
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Prognostic significance of mast cell and microvascular densities in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with and without neurofibromatosis type 1 by Roberto André Torres de Vasconcelos, Pedro Guimarães Coscarelli, Thyago Marsicano Vieira, Washington Silva Noguera, Davy Carlos Mendes Rapozo, Marcus André Acioly

“…Abstract Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are rare and aggressive soft tissue sarcomas with a significant susceptibility to metastasize early in their course. …”
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Increased Early‐Mortality in Children With Solid Tumors During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in a Middle‐Income Country by Oscar Ramirez, Vivian Piedrahita, Santiago Bolivar, Karina Grillo, Adriana Linares, Carlos Pardo, Martha Piña, Amaranto Suarez, Carlos A. Portilla, Jesus Ardila, Viviana Lotero, Luz A. Urcuqui, Angela Trujillo, Patricia Montenegro, Luis E. Bravo, Paula Aristizabal, VIGICANCER Working Group

“…Six‐month mortality aHRs for retinoblastoma, bone tumors, and soft tissue sarcomas due to progressive disease were 4.3 (95% CI, 1.3–14.5), 4.0 (95% CI, 1.4–11.3), and 5.4 (95% CI, 2.2–13.5), respectively. …”
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Significance of Biogenetic Markers in Giant Cell Tumor Differentiation and Prognosis: A Narrative Review by Muhammad Taqi, Haseeb ul Rasool, Mobeen Zaka Haider, Munjed Al Muderis

“…We propose that subarticular primary malignant bone sarcomas with H3.3 mutations represent true malignant GCTB, even in the absence of a benign GCTB component. …”
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Lipoleiomyoma of the uterus in a woman of reproductive age (clinical case) by V.V. Talash, Ya.V. Palyokha, A.M. Gromova, V.V. Talash, V.B. Martynenko, N.O. Prylutska, N.I. Mityunina

“…The problem of these tumors lies in their unpredictable histogenesis, the unexpected presence of fat in the microscopic structure, and in the visual similarity to sarcomas. Verification of the diagnosis is carried out on the basis of pathohistological and immunohistochemical studies of the tumor preparation. …”
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