Sarcoma

Generality

A sarcoma is a malignant tumor that originates from a soft tissue cell, a bone cell or a cartilage tissue cell.

Like all cancers of a malignant nature, sarcomas are also the result of genetic mutations of the DNA, which alter the cell cycle (N.B: the cell cycle is the biological process that includes the growth, division and death of a cell).
There are numerous types of sarcoma; the most known types are: angiosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, liposarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumor and Kaposi's sarcoma.
Most often, an early sarcoma is asymptomatic; in fact, it begins to induce the first symptoms when the tumor mass takes on a considerable size, and this occurs only in an advanced stage.
The possible treatments for a sarcoma include: surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.