Soft tissue sarcoma

Introduction: Soft tissue sarcoma

Description of Soft tissue sarcoma

Soft tissue sarcoma (medical condition): A rare type of cancerous tumor that originates in soft tissues of the body which includes muscles, nerves, tendons, blood vessels and fat. They can occur anywhere in the body and are often asymptomatic during the early stages and symptoms in the later stages depend on the location and size of the tumor.

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Soft Tissue Sarcoma:
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Soft tissue sarcoma: A cancer that begins in the muscle, fat, fibrous tissue, blood vessels, or other supporting tissue of the body.
Source: National Institute of Health

Soft tissue sarcoma: A usually aggressive malignant mesenchymal cell tumor most commonly arising from muscle, fat, fibrous tissue, bone, cartilage, and blood vessels. Sarcomas occur in both children and adults. The prognosis depends largely on the degree of differentiation (grade) of the tumor. Representative subtypes are liposarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, osteosarcoma, and chondrosarcoma. -- 2004
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Soft tissue sarcoma: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Soft tissue sarcoma:

• Soft tissue
• Tissue
• Sarcoma

Soft tissue sarcoma as a Disease

Soft tissue sarcoma (medical condition): See Soft Tissue Sarcoma (disease information).
  »Introduction: Soft Tissue Sarcoma
  »Symptoms of Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Soft tissue sarcoma: Related Diseases

Soft tissue sarcoma: Soft tissue sarcoma is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Sarcoma
• Cancer
• Muscle conditions

More information on medical condition: Soft Tissue Sarcoma:

• Information about Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Basic Summary for Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Types of Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Symptoms of Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Soft tissue sarcoma: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Soft tissue sarcoma:

• connective tissue sarcoma
• Kaposi sarcoma
• retrovirus
• neurofibromatosis

External links related to: Soft tissue sarcoma

• National Cancer Institute - Childhood Soft Tissue Sarcoma Treatment
• Sarcoma - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• National Cancer Institute - Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma Treatment
• Adjuvant chemotherapy for localised resectable soft tissue sarcoma in adults (Cochrane Review)

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