Soft-tissue sarcomas are tumors that can happen in many different tissues in the body. Most soft-tissue sarcomas begin in the arms, legs, or the body wall. People usually first notice a painless lump, ...
Highlighting the urgent need for awareness and support for sarcoma, a rarely discussed but serious cancer affecting many.
Huntsman Cancer Institute’s Sarcoma Service has a specialist team that treats soft-tissue sarcomas that form in the abdomen. Here are some soft-tissue sarcomas of the abdomen: Gastrointestinal stromal ...
Sarcomas are tumors that form in the body’s connective tissues such as bone, muscle and fat. They are rare and, because there are more than 150 types, patients benefit from seeing a sarcoma specialist ...
With the rising burden of cancer in India, awareness around common cancers such as breast, lung and oral cancer has increased ...
Primary types of bone cancer include osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, and chordoma. Secondary bone cancer develops as a result of cancer that has spread from another area of the body. Doctors broadly ...
Ewing sarcoma bone tumors have an onion-skin appearance on imaging scans. This happens because the tumors stimulate the growth of a membrane that surrounds the bones. Ewing sarcoma is a bone cancer ...
“Onion skin,” which doctors call lamellated periosteal reaction, occurs when multiple layers of bone form in a concentric circle around the outer surface of the bone. It can occur with Ewing sarcoma.
The aim of surgery for Ewing sarcoma is to remove as much tumor as possible while preserving function and mobility. Surgery is combined with chemotherapy and sometimes radiation therapy. Ewing sarcoma ...