Surgery is the primary treatment for soft tissue sarcoma. It aims to remove cancerous tumors from tissues like muscle and fat. The type of surgery needed depends on the tumor’s characteristics, ...

Soft tissue sarcomas are rare—only about 13,500 cases are diagnosed in the United States each year. They arise from what are called mesenchymal cells, which form the connective tissues in the body, ...

For the last three decades, breakthroughs have been sparse for soft tissue sarcomas, which are rare cancers that affect muscles, fat and other connective tissues. Today, a global team of researchers ...

Undifferentiated small round cell sarcoma (USRCS) is a type of cancer affecting the bones and soft tissue. This rare form of cancer can affect people of all ages. USRCS is an extremely rare sarcoma ...

Ravin Ratan, MD, MEd, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, explains the origins of soft tissue sarcomas within the body—which account for 1% of cancers in adult patients—how they are ...