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Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma PDQ (Visit Resource)
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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Added: Tue Jul 10 2007
