Sarcoma

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Genetics 3 Complications 4 Management 5 More General Terms 6 References

More Specific Terms

• alveolar soft part sarcoma
• chondrosarcoma
• clear cell sarcoma of tendons & aponeuroses (malignant melanoma of soft parts)
• desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT)
• epithelioid sarcoma
• Ewing's sarcoma
• fibromyxoid sarcoma
• fibrosarcoma
• gliosarcoma
• hemangiosarcoma
• Kaposi's sarcoma
• leiomyosarcoma
• liposarcoma
• lymphangiosarcoma
• malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH, angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma)
• malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST)
• mast cell sarcoma
• mesothelioma
• myeloid sarcoma (extramedullary myeloid tumor, granulocytic sarcoma, chloroma)
• osteosarcoma (osteogenic sarcoma)
• rhabdoid tumor
• rhabdomyosarcoma (Sarcoma Botryoides)
• round cell sarcomas
• soft tissue sarcoma
• synovial sarcoma

Genetics

• implicated genes: CTDSP2

Complications

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• disease interaction(s) of cancer with Alzheimer's disease

Management

• soft-tissue sarcomas
• surgery

• 2 cm margins is optimal

• radiation therapy

• adjuvant therapy
• except rhabdomyosarcoma & Ewing's sarcoma

• chemotherapy may be palliative

More General Terms

• malignant neoplasm (cancer)

References

1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
2. National Guideline Clearinghouse Improving outcomes for people with sarcoma. (National Collaborating Centre for Cancer) ngc-guideline:9002

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