Treatment depends on the sarcoma’s type, location, grade, and stage, as well as the patient’s overall health and goals of care. Many patients benefit from a team approach that includes oncologists, ...
Soft tissue sarcomas are cancers that develop in your body’s soft tissues like muscle, fat, tendons, or cartilage. Your legs are the most common place they develop. The American Cancer Society ...
Lung (pulmonary) sarcoma is a rare type of lung cancer. Most lung cancers start in epithelial cells that line your airways, but pulmonary sarcoma develops in connective tissue or other nonepithelial ...
Sarcomas are tumors that form in the body’s connective tissues such as bone, muscle and fat. They are rare and, because there are more than 150 types, patients benefit from seeing a sarcoma specialist ...
Brazilian singer Vanessa Rios passed away at 42 after a brave fight with pulmonary synovial sarcoma. Her death has deeply ...
In part 3 of an interview, MD Anderson’s Ravin Ratan, MD, MEd, discusses neoadjuvant immune checkpoint blockade for 2 specific types of soft tissue sarcomas. Liposarcomas originate in fat cells and ...
SARC has today launched a new resource for patients and caregivers, helping to facilitate access to expert sarcoma programs for more accurate, timely, and informed diagnoses and treatments for rare ...
Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, is a health writer. She has over a decade of experience as a registered nurse, practicing in a variety of fields, such as pediatrics, oncology, chronic pain, and public health ...