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Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma PDQ

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Description: Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma (PDQ®): Treatment
Soft tissue sarcomas are malignant tumors that may arise in any of the mesodermal tissues of the extremities (50%), trunk and retroperitoneum (40%), or head and neck (10%). Rarely, these tumors arise in the gastrointestinal tract or gastrointestinal stroma. Soft tissue sarcomas occur with greater frequency in patients with:
  • von Recklinghausen’s disease (neurofibromatosis).
  • Gardner’s syndrome.
  • Werner’s syndrome.
  • Tuberous sclerosis.
  • Basal cell nevus syndrome.
  • Li-Fraumeni syndrome (p53 mutations).

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Institution: National Cancer Institute
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Language: English

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Added: Tue Jul 10 2007