In addition to research on rhabdomyosarcoma, the Ignatius laboratory has also generated new syngeneic zebrafish models of aggressive
Malignant Nerve Sheath Tumors and hemangiosarcomas for which there are no effective treatments.
There was also variation based on histology, with the highest rate of local recurrence at about a year after surgery seen in
malignant peripheral
nerve sheath tumors (MPNST), followed by myxofibrosarcoma; both those types saw persistently elevated rates compared to other subtypes out beyond 5 years.