Soft-tissue sarcomas are tumors that can happen in many different tissues in the body. Most soft-tissue sarcomas begin in the arms, legs, or the body wall. People usually first notice a painless lump, ...
Ewing sarcoma is a malignant type of bone tumor, meaning it is a form of cancer that spreads. According to a 2024 review, Ewing sarcoma is the second most common primary cancerous bone tumor. It ...
Huntsman Cancer Institute’s Sarcoma Service has a specialist team that treats soft-tissue sarcomas that form in the abdomen. Here are some soft-tissue sarcomas of the abdomen: Gastrointestinal stromal ...
Sarcomas are tumors that form in the body’s connective tissues such as bone, muscle and fat. They are rare and, because there are more than 150 types, patients benefit from seeing a sarcoma specialist ...
Ewing sarcoma bone tumors have an onion-skin appearance on imaging scans. This happens because the tumors stimulate the growth of a membrane that surrounds the bones. Ewing sarcoma is a bone cancer ...
In part 3 of an interview, MD Anderson’s Ravin Ratan, MD, MEd, discusses neoadjuvant immune checkpoint blockade for 2 specific types of soft tissue sarcomas. Liposarcomas originate in fat cells and ...
“Onion skin,” which doctors call lamellated periosteal reaction, occurs when multiple layers of bone form in a concentric circle around the outer surface of the bone. It can occur with Ewing sarcoma.
Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, is a health writer. She has over a decade of experience as a registered nurse, practicing in a variety of fields, such as pediatrics, oncology, chronic pain, and public health ...