The August 2013 Oncology Roundup. 360 . looks at: spinal osteosarcoma: all hope is not lost; intralesional curettage for low-grade chondrosarcoma?; isolated limb perfusion is a salvage option; worryingly high infection rates in patients with endoprostheses; how bad is endoprosthetic infection?; operatively treated metastatic disease; and cementoplasty gives immediate pain relief

The June 2015 Oncology Roundup. 360 . looks at: Infection in megaprosthesis; Impressive results for mid femoral reconstruction; Revered teaching or old myth? Femoral neck protection in metastatic disease; Megaprosthesis about the knee; Malignant transformation in multiple hereditary exostoses; Fracture of intercalary bone allograft; Comorbidity and outcomes in sarcoma; A worrying turn? Use of denosumab for giant cell tumour of bone

The October 2014 Oncology Roundup. 360 . looks at: how best to reconstruct humeral tumours; not everything is better via the arthroscope; obesity and sarcoma; frozen autograft; en-bloc resection and metastatic disease; positive margins in soft-tissue injuries; lipomatous tumours explored; and what happens with recurrence of osteosarcoma

The February 2013 Oncology Roundup. 360 . looks at: proximal fibular tumours; radiotherapy-induced chondrosarcoma; mega-prosthesis; CRP predictions of sarcoma survival; predicting survival in metastatic disease; MRI for recurrence in osteoid osteoma; and a sarcoma refresher

This paper aims to provide evidence-based guidance for the general orthopaedic surgeon faced with the presentation of a potential soft tissue sarcoma in an extremity.

The December 2013 Oncology Roundup³⁶⁰ looks at: Peri-articular resection fraught with complications; Navigated margins; Skeletal tumours and thromboembolism; Conditional survival in Ewing’s sarcoma; Reverse shoulders and tumour; For how long should we follow up sarcoma patients?; and already metastasised?

The June 2012 Oncology Roundup³⁶⁰ looks at: avoiding pelvic hemipelvectomy; proximal femoral metastasis; extendible prostheses; rotationplasty; soft-tissue sarcomas; osteosarcoma of the pelvis; recurrent chondrosarcoma ; MRI and the differentiation between benign and malignant lesions; and malignant fibrous histiocytoma.