Dear fellow LMS survivors, caregivers, loved ones and concerned friends:

At long last, a significant LMS research study is underway, and it needs your help to make it successful. Dr. Matt van de Rijn at Stanford University Medical Center needs leiomyosarcoma tissue samples for an extensive micro array study. The goal of this study is to find new diagnostic markers, new prognostic markers, and novel targets for therapy for leiomyosarcoma.

Fresh tissue samples and paraffin block cassette tissue samples from primary and metastasis tumors of all subtypes of LMS are needed, within the next few months. Samples can also be donated by loved ones, on behalf of those patients who have lost their battle. The greater the number of samples, and the sooner they are received, the better the results of the analysis is going to be.

A group of leiomyosarcoma survivors and caretakers have collaborated with the researchers to spread the word to the LMS community and facilitate the collection of tissue samples. Please visit our website &&url for further details, including a description of the research project, lead investigator’s bio, explanations and articles of DNA microarray analysis, and instructions on how to donate tumor tissue samples to this research study.

We are asking you to join us in making this study successful for all of us. 

Iqbal &amp; Sharon
