Sarcoma Cancer
Sarcoma
Cancer:
Sarcoma is a term used to describe a whole
family of cancers that arise in the body's connective
tissues, which include fat, muscle, blood vessels, deep skin tissues,
nerves, bones, and cartilage.
Bone sarcomas are rare types of cancer that mainly affect children and
young adults. There are
several types of bone sarcomas that typically affect different parts of
bones and joints. The
cancerous tumors can grow in any bone in the body, however, most occur in
the arms or legs.
Soft tissue sarcomas come in many forms:
Angiosarcoma (blood vessels )
Fibrosarcoma (connective tissue)
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (digestive system)
Kaposi's sarcoma (skin)
Liposarcoma (fat)
Leiomyosarcoma (smooth muscle)
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (connective tissue),
Neurofibrosarcoma (nerves)
Rhabdomyosarcoma (skeletal muscle) and
Synovial sarcoma (often near joints, but can occur anywhere).
Sarcoma
of the uterus, a very rare kind of cancer in women, is a disease in which
cancer
(malignant) cells grow in the muscles or other supporting tissues of the
uterus. The uterus is the
hollow, pear-shaped organ where a baby develops. Only about 1-2 percent of
uterine cancers are
sarcoma. The majority (95 percent) are endometrial cancers, which develop
in the lining of the
uterus. There are three types of uterine sarcomas. Uterine carcinosarcomas
develop in the
endometrium and are the most common of the three types. Endometrial
stromal sarcomas are
tumors in the connective tissue of the endometrium and are the rarest of
the three types. Uterine
leiomyosarcomas are cancers in the muscular wall of the uterus. Sarcoma is
a type of cancer that
originates in cells of the soft tissues or bone. Osteogenic sarcoma , also
called osteosarcoma, is a
cancer that arises in bone cells, and usually occurs in the ends of the
long bones in the body such
as the leg or upper arm. Sometimes, it's also found in the bones of the
skull, jaw, or pelvis.
Osteogenic sarcoma accounts for about 75 percent of all bone cancers in
children, making it the
most common bone cancer in children. Osteogenic sarcoma tends to
metastasize, so early
treatment is important. Treatment typically includes surgery followed by
chemotherapy.
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