What is Soft Tissue Sarcoma?

What is Soft Tissue Sarcoma?

• Soft Tissue Sarcoma: 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.
• 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: Introduction

Types of Soft Tissue Sarcoma:

Types of Soft Tissue Sarcoma:

• Heart cancer
• more types...»

Broader types of Soft Tissue Sarcoma:

• Sarcoma
• Cancer
• Muscle conditions
• more types...»

How many people get Soft Tissue Sarcoma?

Incidence (annual) of Soft Tissue Sarcoma: 8,300 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate)
Incidence Rate of Soft Tissue Sarcoma: approx 1 in 32,771 or 0.00% or 8,300 people in USA [about data]

How serious is Soft Tissue Sarcoma?

Deaths for Soft Tissue Sarcoma: 3,660 estimated deaths for soft tissue/heart cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)

What causes Soft Tissue Sarcoma?

Causes of Soft Tissue Sarcoma: see causes of Soft Tissue Sarcoma

What are the symptoms of Soft Tissue Sarcoma?

Symptoms of Soft Tissue Sarcoma: see symptoms of Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Can anyone else get Soft Tissue Sarcoma?

Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.

Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Soft Tissue Sarcoma.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Soft Tissue Sarcoma.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Soft Tissue Sarcoma: see treatments for Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Research for Soft Tissue Sarcoma: see research for Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Society issues for Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Hospitalization statistics for Soft Tissue Sarcoma: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Soft Tissue Sarcoma:

• 0.039% (4,949) of hospital consultant episodes were for malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 95% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 52% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 48% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 16% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 7.9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Soft Tissue Sarcoma:

Organs and body systems related to Soft Tissue Sarcoma include:

• Muscle

Name and Aliases of Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Main name of condition: Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Class of Condition for Soft Tissue Sarcoma: cancer

Soft tissue sarcomas (generic term)

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