Other Targetable Sarcomas

Veridiana Pires de Camargo, Matt van de Rijn, Enrique de Alava, Juan Madoz-Gúrpide, Silvana Pilotti, Margaret von Mehren, Florence Pedeutour, Robert G. Maki, Piotr Rutkowski, David M. Thomas

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Abstract

Despite complex genetics, aneuploid tumors like dedifferentiated liposarcoma have specific and reproducible chromosomal changes such as amplification of HDM2 and CDK4 that represent potential targets for systemic therapy. In addition, there are cancer cell survival pathways that may not be the target of chromosomal translocations or mutations that are still estimable targets for new systemic therapeutics, be it pathways involved in angiogenesis or apoptosis. In this review, we examine target selection for specific sarcoma subtypes, and demonstrate with a few examples new techniques being used to delineate novel therapeutic inroads for patients with sarcoma.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)358-371
Number of pages14
JournalSeminars in Oncology
Volume36
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2009

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