From the *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, †Sarcoma Biology Laboratory, Center for Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ‡Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; §Division of Hematology Oncology; and ¶Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Acknowledgment date: February 16, 2009. First revision date: June 18, 2009. Second revision date: August 27, 2009. Acceptance date: August 31, 2009.
The manuscript submitted does not contain information about medical device (s)/drug (s).
Foundation funds were received in support of this work. No benefits in any form have been or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Zhenfeng Duan, MD, PhD, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 70 Blossom Street, GRJ-1115, Boston, MA 02114; E-mail: [email protected]org.