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sarcoma
Genetics:
- implicated genes: CTDSP2
Laboratory:
- see ARUP consult [2]
Management:
- soft-tissue sarcomas
1) surgery
- 2 cm margins is optimal
2) radiation therapy
a) adjuvant therapy
b) except rhabdomyosarcoma & Ewing's sarcoma
3) chemotherapy may be palliative
Interactions
disease interactions
Specific
cardiac sarcoma
chondrosarcoma
dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
embryonal sarcoma
epithelioid sarcoma
fibromyxoid sarcoma
gliosarcoma
malignant glioma
mast cell sarcoma
melanoma
myeloid sarcoma (extramedullary myeloid tumor, granulocytic sarcoma, chloroma)
osteosarcoma (osteogenic sarcoma)
rhabdoid tumor
round cell sarcomas
soft tissue sarcoma (STS)
spindle-cell sarcoma
General
malignant neoplasm (cancer)
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American
College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
- ARUP Consult: Sarcoma
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