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ReviewSouth Asian journal of cancer

Indian data on bone and soft tissue sarcomas: A summary of published study results.

Anant Ramaswamy, Bharat Rekhi, Sameer Bakhshi, Sachin Hingmire, Manish Agarwal

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Review in South Asian journal of cancer. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Anant RamaswamyDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Bharat RekhiDepartment of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Sameer BakhshiAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Sachin HingmireDepartment of Oncology, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Manish AgarwalDepartment of Orthopedic Oncology, P. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone sarcomas are rare tumors, approximating 0.2% of all cancers, with osteosarcoma (OGS), chondrosarcoma, and Ewing sarcoma being the most common cancers in this subset. The formation of disease management groups/clinics focused on sarcomas has resulted in better understanding and management of these uncommon tumors. Multiple large-scale retrospective data from Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) and All India Institute of Medical Sciences have reported outcomes comparable to Western data in the field of OGS and Ewing sarcoma, with interesting prognostic factors identified for further evaluation. Soft tissue sarcomas are a rare heterogeneous group of tumors, more than 50 different tumor entities. The common subtypes identified in India include Ewing sarcoma and synovial sarcoma. Valuable work regarding brachytherapy has been done by radiation oncologists from the TMH, especially in pediatric patients.

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Bone sarcomasIndian datasoft tissue sarcomas

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PMID27606300
PMCPMC4991135

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