{"id":6247,"date":"2024-07-26T10:59:41","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T02:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/?p=6247"},"modified":"2024-07-26T10:59:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T02:59:42","slug":"what-is-sarcoma-have-you-heard-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/26\/what-is-sarcoma-have-you-heard-of-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Sarcoma? Have You Heard of It?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A skull of an individual who suffered osteosarcoma<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

What is sarcoma?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Connective tissue areas in the body where sarcoma can develop from<\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sarcoma is a rare cancer that develops in the connective tissue. Connective tissue is made up of bones and soft tissues, including fat, muscles, blood vessels, nerves, deep skin tissues and fibrous tissues.

Sarcoma can develop anywhere in the body where sarcoma tissues are present.

There are two main types of sarcoma:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two common types of sarcoma and their subtypes <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Soft tissue sarcomas are more common and grow in fat, muscles, nerves, blood vessels and deep skin. They are the most common type. They account for about 80% of all sarcomas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Bone sarcomas grow in bones and cartilage.

1. Who gets sarcoma?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A young lady in her late 30s with bone sarcoma<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Youth:<\/strong> About 50% of all sarcomas happen before the age of 40. This may be because sarcomas often form during growth spurts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Those with Family history: <\/strong>Families with rare cancer syndromes are more likely to get sarcomas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Others:<\/strong> You\u2019re at higher risk if you\u2019ve had radiation therapy, a damaged lymph system or been exposed to certain chemicals.

2. Sarcoma survival rates<\/strong>

Survival rates depend on the type of sarcoma. They are higher when sarcoma starts in an arm or leg, and when the cancer is caught before it spreads.

Soft tissue sarcoma:<\/strong> The survival rate is 83% if sarcoma is found before it spreads, according to the American Cancer Society.

Bone sarcoma: <\/strong>The survival rate ranges from 76% to 91% if the sarcoma is caught before it spreads.

Survival rates are averages and can\u2019t predict the outcome for any one patient.

3. Symptoms of sarcoma<\/strong>

The symptoms are not a definitive of sarcoma but these are some of the common symptoms seen according to sarcoma type.

a) Signs and symptoms of a soft tissue sarcoma:<\/p>\n\n\n

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A lump on the hand caused by soft tissue sarcoma<\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u2022A lump on an arm or leg, often not painful, that grows over weeks or months
\u2022Pain in the abdomen
\u2022Blood in your vomit or stool, or black tarry stools

b) Signs and symptoms of a bone sarcoma:<\/p>\n\n\n

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A young guy with bone sarcoma on the knee<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u2022Pain in the affected bone, first only at night or when using that bone, later frequently
\u2022Lump or mass, depending on the tumour\u2019s location
\u2022Fractures caused by a weakened bone

4. How is sarcoma diagnosed?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Biopsy of connective tissue at the thigh area<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

a) Biopsy<\/strong>
A biopsy is a procedure in which a small tissue sample is excised from the tumour for further analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Imaging of the knee area with bone sarcoma <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

b) Imaging<\/strong>
Prior to biopsy, imaging studies such as X-Ray, PET scan, CT scan, MRI and bone scan would be performed to assess the lesion and if it has spread.

5. Treatment <\/strong>
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MRI imaging<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The common treatment<\/strong> for sarcoma is:

\u2022Surgery,<\/strong> which involves the removal of the tumour along with some parts of the surrounding healthy tissue.
\u2022Radiation therapy<\/strong> before or after surgery
\u2022Chemotherapy,<\/strong> which is a procedure that destroys remaining cancerous cells present after the surgery.
\u2022Targeted therapies, <\/strong>which are recent advancements in the field that involve drugs or artificial antibodies that block sarcoma cell growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 References:<\/strong>
1. National Health Service (NHS). Bone Cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. John Hopkins Medicine. Sarcoma.
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What is sarcoma? Sarcoma is a rare cancer that develops in the connective tissue. Connective tissue is made up of bones and soft tissues, including fat, muscles, blood vessels, nerves, deep skin tissues and fibrous tissues. Sarcoma can develop anywhere in the body where sarcoma tissues are present. There are two main types of sarcoma:…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":385,"featured_media":6276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,2],"tags":[681,683],"class_list":["post-6247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wise-health","category-wise-lifestyle","category-wise-moves","tag-bone","tag-tissues"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6247"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6275,"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6247\/revisions\/6275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}