Where this soft tissue sarcoma information comes from

All our information is checked by cancer specialists and surgeons who specialise in treating cancer. The names of our specialist reviewers are at the end of this list. We also try to find patients to review all our sections. If you have had a soft tissue sarcoma, live in the UK and would like to become a patient reviewer, you can write to us by clicking on contact us.

Cancer Research UK
CancerStats Series

US National Cancer Institute
Information on the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/types/soft-tissue-sarcoma/

Principles and practice of oncology (7th edition)
De Vita, V.T., Hellman, S. and Rosenberg S.A.
Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2005

Improving outcomes for people with sarcoma
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), March 2006
Link to the sarcoma guidelines on the NICE website

Referral for suspected cancer. A clinical practice guideline.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), June 2005
Link to the referral guidelines on the NICE website

Imatinib for gastro-intestinal stromal sarcomas
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), March 2004
Link to the NICE website

Trabectedin for the treatment of advanced soft tissue sarcoma
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Link to the NICE website
The Scottish Medicine Consortium (SMC) - November 2010 SMC No. 452/08
Link to the SMC website

Imatinib for the adjuvant treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumours
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) - August 2010
Link to the NICE website

Imatinib for the adjuvant treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumours
The Scottish Medicine Consortium (SMC) - August 2010 SMC No. 584/09
Link to the SMC website

A Systematic Meta-Analysis of Randomized  Trials of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Localized Resectable Soft-Tissue Sarcoma. N Pervaiz, N Colterjohn, F Farrokhyar, R Tozer, A Figueredo, M Ghert. Cancer, 2008: Aug 1, vol 113, no 3: 573-581.

Adjuvant chemotherapy in soft tissue sarcoma (STS): A meta-analysis of published data. J. M. O´Connor, M. Chacón, F. E. Petracci, R. D. Chacón. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2008, 26: (May 20 suppl; abstr 10526).

Ifosfamide-based combination chemotherapy in advanced soft-tissue sarcoma: a practice guideline. S Verma, J Younus, D Stys-Norman, AE Haynes, M Blackstein. Current Oncology, 2007: Aug;14(4):144-8.

Pharmacotherapy of sarcoma. R Chugh, LH Baker. Expert Opinion Pharmacotherapy. 2009: Aug;10(12):1953-63.

Soft Tissue Sarcoma after Treatment for Breast Cancer - A Swedish Population-based Study. Karlsson, P., Holmberg, E., Samuelsson, A., Johansson, K.-A. and Wallgren, A. European Journal of Cancer, 34, (13), 2068-2075. 1998

Ewing's sarcoma family of tumors: an overview from diagnosis to survivorship. Lahl M, Fisher VL, Laschinger K. Clinical Journal Oncology Nursing. 2008 Feb;12(1):89-97.

Molecularly targeted therapies in adult soft tissue sarcomas: present approach and future directions. O, Agulnik, M Aranha. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets. 2008 Feb;12(2):197-207.

Dose-intensive chemotherapy with growth factor or autologous bone marrow/stem cell transplant support in first-line treatment of advanced or metastatic adult soft tissue sarcoma - A systematic review. S Verma, J Younus, D Stys-Norman, AE. Haynes, M Blackstein. Cancer Care Ontario (CCO); 2006 Apr 11. 24 p. (Evidence-based series; no. 11-5).

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