2010 Musculoskeletal Tumor Society: Editorial Comment: Journal-Society Synergy in Scholarly Publication

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Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (CORR) has a long record of accomplishment in publishing oncologic work. It has published many focused symposia regarding specific topics (eg, bone and cartilage transplantation [Volume 174, 1983]; neurofibromatosis [Volume 245, 1989]; osteosarcoma [Volume 270, 1991]). Since 1999 when CORR became the official organ for the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (MSTS), the journal has published a symposium of the best selected articles from the annual meeting of the MSTS. The relationship between the journal and the society has promoted the interests of both organizations. The journal gets dependable high-quality content, and the society gets high-quality editing and dissemination of its aggregated best work. Each organization achieved its goals due to this mutually beneficial arrangement. The successful relationship should continue. MSTS, “Who’s your daddy?” It is CORR. …