Resources
Trusted guides, organizations, and answers to help patients, families, and caregivers navigate sarcoma.
Patient Educational Materials
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Helpful Links
National organizations and communities supporting sarcoma patients and families.
Frequently Asked Questions
A sarcoma is a rare form of cancer that affects our connective tissues: bones, cartilage, fibrous tissue, fatty tissue, nerves, and vessels. The two main forms of sarcoma are bone and soft tissue.
There are ~3,000 bone sarcomas diagnosed per year in the United States and ~12,000 soft tissue diagnoses.
Bone: progressive pain and a growing mass; occasionally present when the bone fractures. Soft tissue: typically a painless growing mass.
The three most common bone sarcomas are Osteosarcoma, Ewing’s sarcoma, and Chondrosarcoma.
Liposarcoma, synovial sarcoma, fibrosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, neurofibrosarcoma, undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, and epithelioid sarcoma.
Sarcomas require a multi-disciplinary treatment approach, combining wide surgical resection, radiation therapy techniques, and chemotherapy tailored to each patient and each diagnosis. Some general approaches include using wide surgical resection and radiation therapy for most large high-grade soft tissue sarcomas. The majority of Osteosarcoma and Ewing’s sarcoma patients are treated with multi-agent cytotoxic chemotherapy for several months and a wide surgical resection.
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