What is Soft Tissue Sarcoma? Cause, Sign, Symptoms, & Treatment Options (Way To Heal)

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07/18/23

Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS) is the type of cancer which developed in soft tissue (mesenchymal tissue) of the body, which includes, muscle, blood vessels, Fat tissue, connective tissue. STS categorized, depending upon tissue origin. There are more than 50 subcategory of STS. Histological diagnosis is very important, to plan management. Biopsy needs to be done, before definitive treatment. After histopathology examination, Special dye test needs to be done to get exact diagnosis of STS, known as immuno histo chemical test (IHC). Some common types of STS are:
1. Liposarcoma
2. Synovial Sarcoma
3. Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma (UPS)
4. Angiosarcoma
5. Rhabdomyosarcoma

STS usually metastasize to lung and rarely other part of body also like lymph nodes, liver, bone etc. Metastatic work-up depends upon histology, location, & grade. Usually we need to get CT chest, USG or PET-CT whole body.

Treatment Options
1. Surgery - Surgical Removal is the most important part of the treatment. Complete removal of tumor and preserving maximal function, is the treatment of choice now a days.
2. Radiation Therapy - it needs to be given to prevent local recurrence of tumor. Different methods of radiation therapy are present, which includes: Brachytherapy, External Beam Radio therapy (EBRT), intraoperative RT.
3. Chemotherapy - Usually STS are chemoresistant disease, so we need to found out in which cases it should be given. Criteria of chemotherapy includes multiple factors, like location, size, grade, margins. Sarcoma specialized sarcoma tumor board decides the introduction of chemotherapy in particular cases.

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Dr. Lokesh Garg
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