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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