Sarcoma Awareness Month - July 2023

 Sarcoma Awareness Month is observed every year in July with the aim of raising awareness of sarcomas; rare cancers that develop in the supporting tissues of the body.  There are two main types of sarcoma: soft tissue sarcoma and bone sarcoma (primary bone cancer).  According to Macmillan Cancer Support there are around 4,300 people in England diagnosed with a soft tissue sarcoma every year and around 550 people a year diagnosed with primary bone cancer.

 

RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES  

The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to sarcomas or the treatment of them. Whether you or a family member has been diagnosed with a sarcoma, or you care for patients that do, there are numerous texts available to assist you.  In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter.  

This document covers the following resources – books, journals, journal articles and patient information.  

 

BOOKS   

• Understanding soft tissue sarcomas; 2005; (CancerBacup); 5th ed – [available for reference only].

• Histopathology Reporting: Guidelines for Surgical Cancer / Boyle, David P, editor; Allen, Derek C, editor; 2020; (Springer), 4^th ed.

• TNM classification of malignant tumours / Sobin, L. H.; Gospodarowicz, M. K; Wittekind, Ch; 2010; (Wiley-Blackwell), 7th ed.

• Improving outcomes for people with sarcoma: the manual / National Collaborating Centre for Cancer; 2006; (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence).

• Understanding primary bone cancer; 2006; (CancerBacup) – [available for reference only].

• Biomechanics of soft tissues: principles and applications / Al-Mayah, Adil, editor; 2018; (CRC Press).

• Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology /Adam, Andreas, 2015, 6^th ed., (Elsevier) [2021, 7^th ed  also available as a e-book for UHNM via Clinical Key]

JOURNALS   

• Sarcoma, Hindawi Limited. [Available as an e-journal for Keele & NHS 1997 onwards].

• Clinical sarcoma research, BioMed Central. [Available as an e-journal for Keele & NHS from 2011-2020].

• Journal of bone oncology, Elsevier. [Available as an e-journal for Keele & NHS from 2012 onwards].

• Journal of bone and soft tissue tumours, OncoMedia. [Available as an e-journal for Keele & NHS from 2015 onwards].

• World journal of surgical oncology, BioMed Central. [Available as an e-journal for Keele & NHS from 2003 onwards].

• Radiotherapy and oncology, European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Elsevier Science. [Available as an e-journal for Keele & NHS from 1998 onwards].

*N.B. NHS staff who are members of the Health Library can request a temporary Keele username which allows access to Keele e-journals from the Keele IT Suite in the Health Library within the CEC at Royal Stoke.

Access more journals via our Journals webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/  

JOURNAL ARTICLES  

• “Primary retroperitoneal sarcoma: A comparison of survival outcomes in specialist and non-specialist sarcoma centres”; Tirotta, Fabio; Bacon, Andrew; et al; European journal of cancer (1990); 2023, Vol.188, p.20-28; DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2023.04.004. [Available via Keele & NHS e-journals].

• “Impaired social functioning in adolescent and young adult sarcoma survivors: Prevalence and risk factors”; Coenraadts, Elena S; van Houdt, Winan J; et al; Cancer, 2023, Vol.129 (9), p.1419-1431; DOI: 10.1002/cncr.34689. [Available via Keele & NHS e-journals].

• “Complete tumor necrosis after neoadjuvant chemotherapy defines good responders in patients with Ewing sarcoma”; Lozano‐Calderón, Santiago A; Albergo, Jose Ignacio; et al; Cancer, 2023, Vol.129 (1), p.60-70; DOI: 10.1002/cncr.34506. [Available via Keele & NHS e-journals].

• “New benchmarks to design clinical trials with advanced or metastatic liposarcoma or synovial sarcoma patients: An EORTC – Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group (STBSG) meta-analysis based on a literature review for soft-tissue sarcomas”; Kantidakis, Georgios; Litière, Saskia; et al; European journal of cancer , 2022, Vol.174, p.261-276. [Available via Keele & NHS e-journals].

• “Chemotherapy in patients with localized angiosarcoma of any site: A retrospective european study”; Conforti, Fabio; Gronchi, Alessandro; et al; European journal of cancer, 2022, Vol.171, p.183-192; DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.04.030. [Available via Keele & NHS e-journals].

• “Gastrointestinal stromal tumours: ESMO–EURACAN–GENTURIS Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up”; Casali, P.G; Blay, J.Y; et al; Annals of oncology, 2022, Vol.33 (1), p.20-33; DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.09.005. [Available via Keele & NHS e-journals].

PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE:  

• NHS website:
• Soft tissue sarcoma: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/soft-tissue-sarcoma/
• Bone cancer: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bone-cancer/

• Charities:
• Sarcoma UK: https://sarcoma.org.uk/

• Macmillan Cancer Support - Sarcoma https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/sarcoma

• Cancer Research UK – Soft tissue sarcoma: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/soft-tissue-sarcoma

• Clinical Key – Patient Education [Available to UHNM only]:
• Soft tissue sarcoma: https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_52f4a092-b63e-41b6-822b-0e1a8129ab5d
• Osteosarcoma: https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_AAFP_osteosarcoma_en
• Ewing sarcoma: https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_db46c190-1739-428d-a795-4bf029870a79

KnowledgeShare CURRENT AWARENESS:   

KnowledgeShare Evidence Updates is a personalised current awareness service which sends, straight to your email inbox, new evidence on topics tailored to your requirements and collated by Health Librarians. For more information, or to register for KnowledgeShare please go to https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/currentawareness/.