Sarcoma

A sarcoma is a cancer of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.

The term comes from a Greek word meaning "fleshy growth." (Bone tumors osteosarcomas are also called sarcomas, but are in a separate category because they have different clinical and microscopic characteristics and are treated differently.)

Types of sarcoma:

• Soft tissue sarcoma, including
  • Fibrosarcoma
  • Malignant fibrous hystiocytoma
  • Dermatofibrosarcoma
  • Liposarcoma
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma
  • Leiomyosarcoma
  • Hemangiosarcoma
  • Kaposi's sarcoma
  • Lymphangiosarcoma
  • Synovial sarcoma
  • Neurofibrosarcoma
  • Extraskeletal chondrosarcoma
  • Extraskeletal osteosarcoma
• Osteosarcoma