SPAGN publications

Best clinical management of tenosynovial giant cell tumour (TGCT): A consensus paper from the community of experts Silvia Stacchiotti, Hans-Roland Duerr, Sydney Stern, Michiel van der Sande, Sebastian Bauer et al. Cancer Treatment Reviews 112, 102491, January 2023 Open Access here The role of patient advocates and sarcoma community initiatives in musculoskeletal oncology. Moving towards Evidence-Based…

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Sarcoma Centers

Specialized centers with multi-disciplinary teams: A must in sarcomas! What is a sarcoma centre? Sarcomas are rare. It is therefore very important to find physicians who have experience with this disease. These are the criteria a sarcoma centre should fulfill: A multidisciplinary sarcoma medical team consisting of all specialties including surgical (orthopaedic, general, reconstructive), medical…

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Guidelines

Medical societies such as the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) in Europe or the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) create guidelines which outline the standards of care for different types of cancer – among them guidelines for soft tissue sarcoma, bone sarcoma and GIST. These guidelines provide recommendations about diagnosis, treatment and follow-up for…

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