Radiological and pathological response following pre-operative radiotherapy for soft-tissue sarcoma

D Roberge, T Skamene, A Nahal, RE Turcotte… - Radiotherapy and …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To report radiological and pathological response to neo-adjuvant radiotherapy
for extremity and trunk soft-tissue sarcomas. MATERIALS/METHODS: Fifty patients were …

Correlating Metabolic Activity on 18F-FDG PET/CT With Histopathologic Characteristics of Osseous and Soft-Tissue Sarcomas: A Retrospective Review of 136 …

…, W Makis, S Skamene, A Nahal… - American Journal of …, 2012 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to determine whether there is a statistically
significant correlation between metabolic activity of osseous and soft-tissue sarcomas as …

Solitary fibrous tumor: an update on the spectrum of extrapleural manifestations

FN Musyoki, A Nahal, TI Powell - Skeletal Radiology, 2012 - Springer
Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare tumor initially believed to be a benign localized pleural
tumor of mesothelial origin. Over the past few years, the literature on this tumor has grown …

New insights into the pathogenesis of glucocorticoid-induced avascular necrosis: microarray analysis of gene expression in a rat model

…, EJ Harvey, TY Chow, LR Bégin, A Nahal… - Arthritis research & …, 2010 - Springer
Introduction Avascular necrosis of the femoral head (ANFH) occurs variably after exposure to
corticosteroids. Microvascular thrombosis is a common pathological finding. Since systemic …

Malignant transformation of a solitary fibrous tumor of the liver and intractable hypoglycemia

…, PJ Horton, S Thyssen, M Lamarche, A Nahal… - Journal of hepato-biliary …, 2007 - Springer
Sarcomas of the liver are rare. We report a case of intractable hypoglycemia secondary to a
solitary fibrous tumor that underwent malignant transformation into a fibrosarcoma. A 70-year…

A rat model of early stage osteonecrosis induced by glucocorticoids

…, EJ Harvey, D Cournoyer, TY Chow, A Nahal… - Journal of orthopaedic …, 2011 - Springer
Background Glucocorticoid (GC)-induced osteonecrosis (ON) is an important complication of
medical therapy. The exact pathomechanisms of ON has not been clearly elucidated. There …

Necrosis on FDG PET/CT correlates with prognosis and mortality in sarcomas

…, S Skamene, C Holcroft, A Nahal… - American Journal of …, 2013 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is an association between
necrosis as identified on staging 18 F-FDG PET/CT and overall survival (OS) and progression-…

Imaging characteristics of spindle cell lipoma and its variants

A Khashper, J Zheng, A Nahal, F Discepola - Skeletal radiology, 2014 - Springer
A spindle cell lipoma (SCL) is a relatively common tumor that can be challenging to the
radiologist, pathologist, or surgeon to diagnose, particularly when internal fat content is scant or …

Telangiectatic osteosarcoma: radiologic and pathologic findings

F Discepola, TI Powell, A Nahal - Radiographics, 2009 - pubs.rsna.org
Figures 2, 3. Telangiectatic osteosarcoma.(2) Breakthrough of the lesion into the surrounding
musculature (vastus medialis and vastus intermedius) of the right thigh.(a) CT image …

Metabolic activity measured on PET/CT correlates with clinical outcomes in patients with limb and girdle sarcomas

…, R Rakheja, D Roberge, A Nahal… - Journal of Surgical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To explore the relationship between metabolic activity and outcome in patients with
extremity sarcomas. Methods Between June 2004 and December 2011, 120 patients with …