Recent Research, Presentations and Publications from the Irish Sarcoma Group
Combined management of retroperitoneal sarcoma with dose intensification radiotherapy and resection: long-term results of a prospective trial. Smith MJ, Ridgway PF, Catton CN, Cannell AJ, O’Sullivan B, Mikula LA, Jones JJ, Swallow C. Radiother Oncol. 2014 Jan;110(1):165-71
Orthopaedic perspective on bone metastases. World J Orthop. 2013 Jul 18;4(3):114-9. Molloy AP, O’Toole GC.
Kaposi sarcoma in a patient with atopic dermatitis treated with cyclosporin. Wall D, McMenamin M, O’Mahony D, Irvine AD. BMJ Case Rep. 2013
Pathological fracture of femur secondary to infected synovial sarcoma. Murphy CG, Treacy A, Dudeney S, O’Toole GC. BMJ Case Rep. 2012 Nov 21;2012.
Proximal-type epithelioid sarcoma: case report of an unusual presentation. Woods RS, Dempsey MP, Rizkalla HF, McMenamin ME, O’Donovan D. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2012;65:977-80.
Extra-abdominal desmoid tumours: a review of the literature. Molloy AP, Hutchinson B, O’Toole GC. Sarcoma. 2012;2012:578052
Whipple’s procedure for an oligometastasis to the pancreas from a leiomyosarcoma of the thigh. Burke JP, Maguire D, Dillon J, Moriarty M, O’Toole GC. Ir J Med Sci. 2012 Sept;181(3):361-3.
Musculoskeletal oncology training during residency. Burke NG, Moran CJ, Hurson B, Dudeney S, O’Toole GC. J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2011 Dec; 19(3):350-3.
Inter and intra-observer variability associated with the use of Mirels’ scoring system for metastatic bone lesions. MacNiocaill RF, Quinlan JF, Stapleton RD, Hurson B, Dudeney S, O’Toole GC. Int Orthop. 2011 Jan;35(1):83-6
Chordoma and chondrosarcoma gene profile: implications for immunotherapy. Schwab JH, Boland PJ, Agaram NP, Socci ND, Guo T, O’Toole GC, Wang X, Ostroumov E, Hunter CJ, Block JA, Doty S, Ferrone S, Healey JH, Antonescu CR. Cancer immunol immunother. 2009 Maar; 58(3):339-49.
Optimising preoperative diagnosis in phyllodes tumour of the breast. Jacklin RK, Ridgway PF, Ziprin P, Healy V, Hadjiminas D, Darzi A. . J Clin Pathol. 2006 May;59(5):454-9.
Adenomatoid tumour of the testis in a patient on imatinib therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia. Piccin A, Conneally E, Lynch M, McMenamin ME, Langabeer S, McCann S. Leuk Lymphoma. 2006;47:1394-6.
Crystal deposition in a case of cutaneous Rosai-Dorfman disease. Motta L, McMenamin ME, Thomas MA, Calonje E. Am J Dermatopathol. 2005;27:339-42.
Pleomorphic liposarcoma: clinicopathologic analysis of 57 cases. Hornick JL, Bosenberg MW, Mentzel T, McMenamin ME, Oliveira AM, Fletcher CD. Am J Surg Pathol 2004;28:1257-67.
Perioperative diagnosis of cystosarcoma phyllodes of the breast may be enhanced by MIB-1 index. Ridgway PF1, Jacklin RK, Ziprin P, Harbin L, Peck DH, Darzi AW, Rajan PB. J Surg Res. 2004 Nov;122(1):83-8.
Synovial sarcoma in older patients: clinicopathological analysis of 32 cases with emphasis on unusual histological features.Chan JA, McMenamin ME, Fletcher CD. Histopathology 2003;43:72-83.
Malignant myopericytoma: expanding the spectrum of tumours with myopericytic differentiation. McMenamin ME, Fletcher CD. Histopathology. 2002;41:450-60.
Intravascular myopericytoma. McMenamin ME, E. Calonje. J Cut Pathol 2002; 29:557-61
Reactive angioendotheliomatosis: a clinicopathologic study of 15 cases with emphasis on the histologic spectrum. McMenamin ME, Fletcher CDM. Am J Surg Pathol 2002
Cutaneous atypical fibrous histiocytomas, a clinicopathologic series. Kaddu S, McMenamin ME, Fletcher CDM. Am J Surg Pathol 2002
Primary liposarcoma of the orbit-a clinicopathologic study of 7 cases. Cai Y-C, McMenamin ME, Cree IA, Rose GE, Sandy C, Fletcher CDM. Ann Diagn Pathol 2001; 5:255-66
Cellular myxoma of Soft Tissue: a clinicopathologic study of 38 cases confirming indolent clinical behaviour. Graadt van Roggen JF, McMenamin ME, Fletcher CDM. Histopathol 2001; 39:287-97
Myofibroblastoma of soft tissue, a lesion closely related to spindle cell lipoma. McMenamin ME, Fletcher CDM. Am J Surg Pathol 2001;25: 1022-9
Reticular perineurioma, a distinctive variant of soft tissue perineurioma. Graadt van Roggen JF, McMenamin ME, Belchis DA, Nielsen GP, Rosenberg AE, Fletcher CDM. Am J Surg Pathol 2001; 25: 485-93.
Expanding the spectrum of malignant change in schwannomas: Epithelioid malignant change, epithelioid malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour and epithelioid angiosarcoma: a study of 17 cases cMenamin ME, Fletcher, CDM. Am J Surg Pathol 2001; 25: 13-25.
Two patients with sarcoma. Case 1. Synovial sarcoma of the lung. Sekeres M, Vasconcelles MJ, McMenamin M, Rosenfeld-Darling M, Bueno R. J Clin Oncol 2000; 18: 2341-2.
Haploinsufficiency of snf5 (integrase interactor 1) predisposes to malignant rhabdoid tumours in mice. Roberts CWM, Galusha SA, McMenamin ME, Fletcher CDM, Orkin SH. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2000; 97: 13796-800
Immobilisation for Patients with Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcomas requiring RT: Can set-up errors and margins be reduced? Elaine McCrickard, Evelyn O’Shea, Siobhan Cosgrove, Bill Garrett, Tina Gilmartin, Mary Dunne, Charles Gillham. SLRON, St. Luke’s Hospital, Dublin (Oral, British Sarcoma Group Meeting, Nottingham, Feb 2015)
Optimum immobilisation device for lower limb sarcoma radiotherapy. Elaine McCrickard, Evelyn O’Shea, Siobhan Cosgrave, Bill Garrett, Mary Dunne, Charles Gillham. (Poster, CTOS, Berlin Oct 2014)
Dosimetric comparison of techniques and impact of displacements in lower limb sarcoma radiation therapy. Meadbh Arthurs, Charles Gillham, Evelyn O’Shea, Elaine McCrickard, Michelle Leech. (Oral, Annual Scientific Meeting, Faculty of Radiology/Radiation Oncology, RSCI, Dublin Sept 2014)
Immobilisation for patients with extremity soft tissue sarcomas requiring radiotherapy: can set-up errors and margins be reduced? Elaine McCrickard, Evelyn O’Shea, Siobhan Cosgrave, Bill Garrett, Tina Gilmartin, Mary Dunne, Charles Gillham. (Oral, Annual Scientific Meeting, Faculty of Radiology/Radiation Oncology, RSCI, Dublin Sept 2014)