Incidence and Survival of Pediatric Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Comparison between Adults and Children.

Purpose: Pediatric-type sarcomas such as rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), Ewing sarcoma (EWS), primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET), and desmoplastic small round-cell tumor (DSRCT) are rare in adults, with limited studies on their prognosis and optimal treatment strategies. We aimed to examine the outcome of children and adult patients with RMS, EWS, PNET, and DSRCT and relevant prognostic factors.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 220 pediatric-type sarcoma patients at a single institution between 1985 and 2011.

Cranofacial osteosarcoma: Single institutional experience in Korea.

Introduction: Craniofacial osteosarcoma is a rare disease accounting for only 1% of all head and neck malignancies. Its clinical features and optimal treatments are not yet clearly established.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical course of 15 patients with craniofacial osteosarcoma treated in a single institute.

Efficacy of oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy in curatively resected colorectal cancer with liver metastasis.

Objectives: Although surgical resection alone has been validated as a standard treatment for patients with liver metastases from colorectal cancer, a high rate of recurrence is still an issue to be overcome. We aimed to assess the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy using an oxaliplatin-based regimen in patients who underwent hepatic and primary colorectal cancer resection.

Methods: Sixty patients who received oxaliplatin-based postoperative chemotherapy combined with curative resection of primary colorectal cancer and synchronous liver metastases between January 2000 and February 2008 were retrospectively reviewed.