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Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma

A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 5799

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Tomoki Nakamura

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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu 514-8570, Japan
Interests: orthopedic oncology; soft tissue sarcoma; bone sarcoma; metastasis; limb salvage surgery

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Recently, the prognosis has been improved for diagnosing and treating bone and soft tissue sarcoma in the extremities due to advances in surgical techniques, chemotherapy, and imaging modalities. Survival in patients with bone and soft tissue sarcoma improved in the 1990s and 2000s. However, orthopedic oncologists have still faced infiltrative aggressive tumors, unresectable tumors, and advanced metastatic tumors. The prognosis has not changed over the last 20 years. To overcome those, new diagnoses and treatments should be developed.

Therefore, in this Special Issue, I would like to invite original papers and review articles that describe possible new techniques of diagnostic devices, surgery, and radiotherapy. Possible chemotherapy and immunotherapy for improving survival in patients with bone and soft tissue sarcoma are also welcome.

Both basic and clinical research are invited.

I am looking forward to receiving your contribution.

Dr. Tomoki Nakamura
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • bone sarcoma
  • soft tissue sarcoma
  • diagnosis
  • treatment
  • surgery
  • radiotherapy
  • chemotherapy
  • immunotherapy

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Diagnostic Superiority of Dual-Time Point [18F]FDG PET/CT to Differentiate Malignant from Benign Soft Tissue Tumors
by Philippe d’Abadie, Olivier Gheysens, Renaud Lhommel, François Jamar, Thomas Kirchgesner, Filomena Mazzeo, Laurent Coubeau, Halil Yildiz, An-Katrien De Roo and Thomas Schubert
Diagnostics 2023, 13(20), 3202; https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13203202 - 13 Oct 2023
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[18F]FDG PET/CT is used in the workup of indeterminate soft tissue tumors (STTs) but lacks accuracy in the detection of malignant STTs. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether dual-time point [18F]FDG PET/CT imaging (DTPI) can be [...] Read more.
[18F]FDG PET/CT is used in the workup of indeterminate soft tissue tumors (STTs) but lacks accuracy in the detection of malignant STTs. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether dual-time point [18F]FDG PET/CT imaging (DTPI) can be useful in this indication. In this prospective study, [18F]FDG PET/CT imaging was performed 1 h (t1) and 3 h (t2) after injection. Tumor uptake (SUVmax) was calculated at each time point to define a retention index (RI) corresponding to the variation between t1 and t2 (%). Sixty-eight patients were included, representing 20 benign and 48 malignant tumors (including 40 sarcomas). The RI was significantly higher in malignant STTs than in benign STTs (median: +21.8% vs. −2%, p < 0.001). An RI of >14.3% predicted STT malignancy with a specificity (Sp) of 90% and a sensitivity (Se) of 69%. An SUVmaxt1 of >4.5 was less accurate with an Sp of 80% and an Se of 60%. In a subgroup of tumors with at least mild [18F]FDG uptake (SUVmax ≥ 3; n = 46), the RI significantly outperformed the diagnostic accuracy of SUVmax (AUC: 0.88 vs. 0.68, p = 0.01). DTPI identifies malignant STT tumors with high specificity and outperforms the diagnostic accuracy of standard PET/CT. Full article
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Biology and Management of High-Grade Myxofibrosarcoma: State of the Art and Future Perspectives
by Jun Nishio and Shizuhide Nakayama
Diagnostics 2023, 13(19), 3022; https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13193022 - 22 Sep 2023
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Myxofibrosarcoma (MFS) is one of the most common adult soft tissue sarcomas, typically arising in the extremities. Histologically, MFS is classified into three grades: low, intermediate, and high. Histological grades correlate with distant metastases and tumor-associated mortality. The diagnosis of MFS is challenging [...] Read more.
Myxofibrosarcoma (MFS) is one of the most common adult soft tissue sarcomas, typically arising in the extremities. Histologically, MFS is classified into three grades: low, intermediate, and high. Histological grades correlate with distant metastases and tumor-associated mortality. The diagnosis of MFS is challenging due to a lack of well-characterized immunohistochemical markers. High-grade MFS displays highly complex karyotypes with multiple copy number alterations. Recent integrated genomic studies have shown the predominance of somatic copy number aberrations. However, the molecular pathogenesis of high-grade MFS remains poorly understood. The standard treatment for localized MFS is surgical resection. The systemic treatment options for advanced disease are limited. This review provides an updated overview of the clinical and imaging features, pathogenesis, histopathology, and treatment of high-grade MFS. Full article
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