Sarcoma



A sarcoma is a cancer of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or
other connective or supportive tissue.

The term comes from a Greek word meaning "fleshy growth." (Bone tumors
osteosarcomas are also called sarcomas, but are in a separate category
because they have different clinical and microscopic characteristics and are
treated differently.)

Types of sarcoma:

   * Soft tissue sarcoma, including
        o Fibrosarcoma
        o Malignant fibrous hystiocytoma
        o Dermatofibrosarcoma
        o Liposarcoma
        o Rhabdomyosarcoma
        o Leiomyosarcoma
        o Hemangiosarcoma
        o Kaposi's sarcoma
        o Lymphangiosarcoma
        o Synovial sarcoma
        o Neurofibrosarcoma
        o Extraskeletal chondrosarcoma
        o Extraskeletal osteosarcoma
   * Osteosarcoma

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