Sarcomas of Bone and Soft Tissues in Children and Adolescents

Front Matter ....Pages i-v
 Epidemiology of Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas  (Philip J. Lupo, Logan G. Spector, Schuyler O’Brien, Joshua D. Schiffman, Simone Hettmer)....Pages 1-16
 Sarcoma Pathology and Biology  (Marielle Yohe, Javed Khan, Erin Rudzinski)....Pages 17-36
 Staging and Imaging of Sarcoma  (Carola A. S. Arndt, Andrea Ferrari)....Pages 37-46
 Multi-institutional Trials for Patients with Rhabdomyosarcoma: Lessons from North American Studies from 1967 Through 1997  (R. Beverly Raney, Carola A. S. Arndt, Harold M. Maurer)....Pages 47-52
 Treatment of Rhabdomyosarcoma  (Carola A. S. Arndt, Ewa Koscielniak, Gianni Bisogno)....Pages 53-63
 Current Approaches to Therapy: Soft Tissue Sarcomas Other than Rhabdomyosarcoma in Children and Adolescents  (Daniel Orbach, Sheri L. Spunt, Andrea Ferrari)....Pages 65-85
 Osteosarcoma: History of Therapy  (Paul Meyers)....Pages 87-90
 Osteosarcoma-Approach to Therapy  (Stefan Bielack, Matthew G. Cable, Richard Gorlick, Stefanie Hecker-Nolting, Leo Kager, Neyssa Marina et al.)....Pages 91-109
 Contemporary Approach to Therapy for Ewing Sarcoma  (Steven G. DuBois, Uta Dirksen)....Pages 111-128
 Experimental Models  (Susanne A. Gatz, Janet Shipley, Charles Keller, Corinne M. Linardic)....Pages 129-147
 Strategies for New Agent Development in Pediatric Sarcomas  (Emily G. Greengard, Brenda J. Weigel)....Pages 149-164
 Immunotherapy for Pediatric Sarcomas  (Allison Pribnow, Karin Straathof, Robbie G. Majzner)....Pages 165-180