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Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Chromosomal Changes Linked with Prognosis in Adult Soft Tissue ... Mar 8, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), ...of Clinical Oncology, factors that were linked with an increased risk of distant metastases in adult patients with high-grade, soft-tissue sarcoma were tumor ...
Avastin® Adriamycin Combination for Soft Tissue Sarcoma Mar 8, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), ...has suggested that the addition of Avastin (bevacizumab) to Adriamycin (doxorubicin) improves outcomes of patients with metastatic soft tissue sarcoma (STS). ...
Neoadjuvant Sarcoma Chemotherapy Results in High Toxicity Levels Mar 1, 2006
Cancerpage.com, ...further, the researchers conducted a study involving patients at 31 institutions, which included 64 patients with high-grade soft tissue sarcoma of at least 8 ...
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Promising for Large Soft ... Mar 3, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), ...that combined modality treatment may improve disease-free survival and prevent amputations in patients with high-grade, high-risk soft tissue sarcoma (STS). ...
Sonographic Appearance of Nodular Fasciitis Feb 14, 2006
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine Given the solid appearance of these lesions on sonography coupled with the arterialized central and peripheral flow, soft tissue sarcoma needs to be considered ...
PET/CT with Diagnostic CT in the Evaluation of Childhood Sarcoma Feb 14, 2006
Am J Roentgenology (subscription) In soft-tissue sarcoma, with its propensity for nodal spread, diagnostic CT is often performed for lymph node evaluation. If diagnostic ...
UPDATE 1-Reuters Summit-Zeltia aims to file cancer drug shortly Feb 22, 2006
Reuters Yondelis is in late-stage clinical trials for soft tissue sarcoma -- rare and usually fatal forms of cancer that attack muscles, fat or blood vessels -- and a ...
Sandwich study: Why and how? Feb 11, 2006
Cape Cod Times, Sandwich. Three of the four children were diagnosed with leukemia and the fourth child was diagnosed with a soft tissue sarcoma. ...
Eisai plans research center Mar 4, 2006
NorthJersey.com, Eisai spokeswoman Cathy Pollini said Friday that Eisai is also developing treatments for prostate and ovarian cancer and for soft-tissue sarcoma. ...
Hearings resume tonight in Agent Orange inquiry Feb 13, 2006
CTV.ca, US study that says there is "Sufficient evidence of an association," between Agent Orange and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, soft-tissue sarcoma, non-Hodgkin's ...
Additional Evidence of Increased Cancer Risk in Survivors of ... Jan 20, 2006
Cancer Consultants (press release), The types of cancers include leukemia, brain tumors, Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Wilms’ tumors, neuroblastoma, soft-tissue sarcoma, and bone ...
WEM a wish come true Jan 15, 2006
Edmonton Sun, In November 2004, Karissa found a 2 1/2-centimetre lump near her stomach that turned out to be a rare type of soft tissue sarcoma. ...
Karissa's wish: winter with a trip to the mall Jan 11, 2006
Edmonton Sun, Last March, doctors discovered Karissa had a rare type of soft tissue sarcoma. She underwent four surgeries within three weeks to have two tumours removed. ...
Synta Pharmaceuticals to Focus on Oral Inhibitor for Crohn's ... Dec 29, 2005
EndoNurse, Preliminary results from a phase 2 study of STA-4783 in combination with paclitaxel in soft tissue sarcoma also presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTC tripartite ...
Analyst Upbeat on J&J, Baxter Jan 3, 2006
TheStreet.com ...for premature ejaculation, HIV drugs TMC-114 and TMC-125, the schizophrenia drug Paliperidone ER and Yondelis for a type of cancer called soft-tissue sarcoma. ...
Type of childhood cancer and treatment received linked to physical ... Jan 1, 2006
Xagena.it, ...were treated for primary brain cancer, leukemia, Hodgkin disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, kidney tumor, neuroblastoma, and soft-tissue sarcoma or malignant ...
Madrid AFX shares at a glance outlook 21 Dec 2005
Forbes ...over the news of a delay in the company's PharmaMar unit's filing with the EMEA for marketing authorisation for Yondelis in the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma ...
PharmaMar Confirms Intention to Submit MAA Dec 19, 2005
APA OTS (Pressemitteilung), Trial PharmaMar today announces that the independent data monitoring committee (IDMC) for the pivotal trial of YONDELIS(R) in Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS) has ...
(PRN) - Following Is a Test Release ... [+] Dec 19, 2005
Bolsamania.com, ...(PRN) - PharmaMar Confirms Intention to Submit MAA to EMEA for YONDELIS(R) in Soft Tissue Sarcoma ... [+. PRN) - Frontera Resources ...
Madrid shares close higher, selected media stocks outperform ... Dec 20, 2005
Forbes ...citing concerns that the company has missed its year-end target for requesting EU marketing authorisation for the drug in the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma. ...
Zeltia to seek EMEA approval for Yondelis in 'shortest time ... Dec 20, 2005
Forbes MADRID (AFX) - Zeltia SA unit PharmaMar SA plans to seek marketing authorisation for the use of Yondelis in the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma (STS) 'in the ...
Twenty-Seven Percent Of Advanced Sarcoma Patients Experience ... Nov 18, 2005
DG News ...rate in SP23573-treated patients in the first stage of the trial was 22%, which compared favorably to historical data on soft tissue sarcoma patients treated ...
PharmaMar presents pharmacogenomic data on Yondelis® at CTOS Nov 22, 2005
Biotech Intelligence (press release), The first presentation highlighted data from a retrospective study conducted in tumor samples from patients of soft tissue sarcoma treated with Yondelis® in ...
Breast cancer survivors face other cancer risks Dec 8, 2005
Reuters Survivors were at increased risk for stomach cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancer, endometrial cancer ...
Madrid shares AFX at a glance outlook Dec 16, 2005
Forbes ...weeks relating to its plans to resubmit by year-end a request to the EMEA to authorise the use of Yondelis in the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma (STC) in the ...
Breast cancer survivors more likely to get secondary cancer Dec 8, 2005
Food Consumer, ...have a higher risk include stomach cancer, ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, renal cancer, thyroid cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, endometrial cancer ...
Once affected by breast cancer it can strike back! Dec 9, 2005
MedIndia, ...most likely cancers are stomach cancer, ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, renal cancer, thyroid cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, endometrial cancer ...
Madrid shares AFX at a glance outlook Dec 6, 2005
Forbes In 2003, the EMEA rejected Zeltia's request to authorise the use of Yondelis in the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma in the EU. ...
Dioxin study sparks row over findings Dec 12, 2005
Stuff.co.nz, ...rate from the four rare cancers that have been linked with exposure to dioxins – non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, soft tissue sarcoma and chronic ...
Study looking at cancer in New Plymouth Dec 11, 2005
Scoop.co.nz (press release), ...cancer but there is an association between exposure to dioxin and four rare cancers, non-Hodgkin?s lymphoma, Hodgkin?s disease, soft tissue sarcoma and chronic ...
Dias steps down Dec 8, 2005
Maui News, Dias’ time. His wife, Geri, has been in Denver since June to battle a rare form of soft-tissue sarcoma, a type of cancer. While ...
Type of Childhood Cancer Relates to Physical Problems Later in ... Nov 29, 2005
DG News ...were treated for primary brain cancer, leukemia, Hodgkin disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, kidney tumor, neuroblastoma, and soft-tissue sarcoma or malignant ...
Quinte West - Medical Officer of Health talks about dioxins in ... Nov 21, 2005
Stirling Community Press, ...reproductive and endocrine systems. They could also lead to a certain type of cancer called soft tissue sarcoma. The routes dioxins ...
Zeltia's Yondelis brings hope in anti-cancer battle Nov 23, 2005
EiTB, The first involved tumour samples from patients of soft tissue sarcoma treated with Yondelis in Europe and the second looked at a preclinical study of Yondelis ...
Long-Term Outcomes of Childhood Cancer Survivors Nov 30, 2005
Cancer Consultants (press release), The types of cancers include leukemia, brain tumors, Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Wilms tumors, neuroblastoma, soft-tissue sarcoma, and bone tumors ...
Pediatric Cancer Foundation Launches Innovative Research Model in ... Nov 17, 2005
PR Newswire (press release), ...three objectives: 1. Conclude novel, early phase clinical trials in children and adolescents diagnosed with metastatic or high-risk bone or soft tissue sarcoma ...
Soft-Tissue Sarcomas in Adults Aug 17, 2005
This overview is intended as a review of current understanding and treatment of soft-tissue sarcoma, with an emphasis on recent advances. ... New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),
Cancer Survivor Finds Dreams Can Come True: Benefit planned to ... Aug 18, 2005
Chris Graham, 22, was diagnosed after his first semester at Johnson & Wales University with soft-tissue sarcoma. As a result, the ... Shore Publishing,
Conquering kids cancer East Meadow girl¹s fight with disease ... Sep 1, 2005
Kettering Cancer Center, the family learned that the bump was a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor ‹ a rare and aggressive type of soft-tissue sarcoma. ... East Meadow Herald,
From Vietnam to Venezuela — Socialism is ‘viable’ problem ... Sep 1, 2005
...an estimated 2-4 million victims, people who have suffered birth defects, chloracne, Hodgkin’s disease, cancers, spina bifida, and soft tissue sarcoma as a ... People's Weekly World
Softball star battles rare cancer -- 16 Sep 2005
...was diagnosed Sept. 6 with stage four soft-tissue sarcoma -- tumors that occur in muscle, nerve and fibrous tissues. In October ... / Press-Enterprise (subscription),
COMPANY OF THE YEAR: Johnson & Johnson -- 16 Sep 2005
...various cell-division processes. Yondelis is also in Phase II studies in soft-tissue sarcoma and for prostate cancer. CNTO 95 is ... / Med Ad News (subscription),
ZIOPHARM, Inc. and EasyWeb, Inc. Merge to Form ZIOPHARM Oncology ... -- Sep 15, 2005
Ifosfamide is an alkylating drug used to treat diverse cancers including testicular cancer, bone and soft-tissue sarcoma, cervical, breast and lung cancers. ... / Business Wire (press release),
FOXO1a acts as a selective tumor suppressor in alveolar ... -- Sep 12, 2005
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), the most common pediatric soft-tissue sarcoma, has two major histological subtypes: embryonal RMS (ERMS), which has a favorable ... / Journal of Cell Biology
Soft-Tissue Sarcomas in Adults -- Aug 17, 2005
This overview is intended as a review of current understanding and treatment of soft-tissue sarcoma, with an emphasis on recent advances. ... / New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),
Cancer Survivor Finds Dreams Can Come True: Benefit planned to ... -- Aug 18, 2005
Chris Graham, 22, was diagnosed after his first semester at Johnson & Wales University with soft-tissue sarcoma. As a result, the ... / Shore Publishing,
Conquering kids cancer East Meadow girl¹s fight with disease ... -- Sep 1, 2005
Kettering Cancer Center, the family learned that the bump was a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor ‹ a rare and aggressive type of soft-tissue sarcoma. ... / East Meadow Herald,
From Vietnam to Venezuela — Socialism is ‘viable’ problem ... -- Sep 1, 2005
...an estimated 2-4 million victims, people who have suffered birth defects, chloracne, Hodgkin’s disease, cancers, spina bifida, and soft tissue sarcoma as a ... / People's Weekly World
Soft-Tissue Sarcomas in Adults Aug 17, 2005
This overview is intended as a review of current understanding and treatment of soft-tissue sarcoma, with an emphasis on recent advances. ... New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),
Cancer Survivor Finds Dreams Can Come True: Benefit planned to ... Aug 18, 2005
Chris Graham, 22, was diagnosed after his first semester at Johnson & Wales University with soft-tissue sarcoma. As a result, the ... Shore Publishing,
Conquering kids cancer East Meadow girl¹s fight with disease ... Sep 1, 2005
Kettering Cancer Center, the family learned that the bump was a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor ‹ a rare and aggressive type of soft-tissue sarcoma. ... East Meadow Herald,
From Vietnam to Venezuela — Socialism is ‘viable’ problem ... Sep 1, 2005
...an estimated 2-4 million victims, people who have suffered birth defects, chloracne, Hodgkin’s disease, cancers, spina bifida, and soft tissue sarcoma as a ... People's Weekly World
Endometriosis in the Canal of Nuck: Atypical Manifestations in an ... -- Jun 21, 2005
...disease. No specific features of endometriosis or a neoplastic process, such as a soft-tissue sarcoma, were present. Excisional ... / Am J Roentgenology (subscription)
Ottawa pressured to disclose Agent Orange facts -- Jun 13, 2005
...between Agent Orange and cancer, there is believed to be an association, especially in relation to such cancers as soft tissue sarcoma, Hodgkin's disease and ... / CTV,
Angels' chaplain has no quit in him -- Jun 23, 2005
Now 48, Obremski - the chaplain of both the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Mighty Ducks - is battling pleomorphic soft-tissue sarcoma, a rare and deadly ... / OCRegister (subscription),
Radiation During Childhood Increases Risk of Thyroid Cancer -- Jun 14, 2005
...thyroid cancer in children with leukemia, CNS tumor, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, kidney tumor, neuroblastoma, soft-tissue sarcoma or bone ... / Cancer Consultants (press release),
Officials plan public meeting to address Agent Orange fears in NB -- Jun 16, 2005
...between Agent Orange and cancer, research points to an association between the chemical defoliant and cancers such as soft-tissue sarcoma, Hodgkin's disease ... / Macleans,
Funeral set at UCC for former county firefighter -- 17 Mar 2005
Jason Edward Ohm, 27, died last Friday of a soft tissue sarcoma at his home in Eugene after a two-year struggle with the disease, according to his father ... / The News-Review,
Tests shows high levels of dioxin -- Mar 9, 2005
A local study of specific cancers that have been linked with historical dioxin exposure (lymphocytic leukaemia, soft tissue sarcoma, Hodgkin's disease and non ... / TVNZ,
Higher dioxin level may indicate extra cancer risk - MOH -- Mar 9, 2005
...said that a local study of specific cancers that had been linked with historical dioxin exposure (lymphocytic leukaemia, soft tissue sarcoma, Hodgkin's disease ... / Stuff.co.nz,
ZELTIA: REPORT AT 31 DECEMBER -- Feb 23, 2005
Due to the good results presented at the ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) meeting, the randomised pivotal trial on soft-tissue sarcoma was expanded ... / ITNews,
A fragile man, an undying love -- Feb 13, 2005
Symptoms of soft-tissue sarcoma often don't appear until the disease is advanced, so only about 50 percent of cases are found before the cancer has spread. ... / Chicago Daily Herald,
The gift of dance -- Feb 21, 2005
Chad Haas of York, Pa., was there with his son, Tucker, 4, who has a soft-tissue sarcoma and will get a stem cell transplant at the end of the month. ... / Philadelphia Inquirer (subscription),
'Orange' maladies explained -- Mar 1, 2005
The list of conditions include Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, prostate cancer, respiratory cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, type II diabetes, and ... / Ventura County Star (subscription),
Malignant (cancerous) tumors that develop in soft tissue are called sarcomas, a term that comes from a Greek word meaning "fleshy growth."
In this context, the term soft tissue refers to tissues that connect, support, or surround other structures and organs of the body. Soft tissue includes muscles, tendons (bands of fiber that connect muscles to bones), fibrous tissues, fat, blood vessels, nerves, and synovial tissues (tissues around joints).
There are many different kinds of soft tissue sarcomas. They are grouped together because they share certain microscopic characteristics, produce similar symptoms, and are generally treated in similar ways. (Bone tumors, also known as osteosarcomas, are also called sarcomas, but are in a separate category because they have different clinical and microscopic characteristics and are treated differently.)
Sarcomas can invade surrounding tissue and can metastasize (spread) to other organs of the body, forming secondary tumors. The cells of secondary tumors are similar to those of the primary (original) cancer. Secondary tumors are referred to as "metastatic soft tissue sarcoma" because they are part of the same cancer and are not a new disease.
Some tumors of the soft tissue are benign (noncancerous). These tumors do not spread and are rarely life-threatening. However, benign tumors can crowd nearby organs and cause symptoms or interfere with normal body functions.
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