Sarcoma: The Merging of Science and Clinical Care
Ce dossier présente un ensemble d'articles sur la prise en charge de différents types de sarcome (sarcome osseux, vasculaire, synovial, sarcome des tissus mous, léïomyosarcome, chondrosarcome, chordome et liposarcome)
Sarcomas are cancers of connective tissues. There will be approximately 15,000 new cases of sarcoma diagnosed in the United States this year, collectively making them a rare form of cancer. The situation is made more complex in that sarcoma is not one diagnosis, any more than lung cancer is. Rather, sarcomas comprise at least 50 different histologic subtypes, each characterized by a unique biology, pathology, and genetics, with the extra complexity of anatomic locations from head to toes. As a result, sarcomas represent a complex family of cancers. Clinicians who treat sarcomas also treat a number of clonal mesenchymal tumors that do not metastasize, but cause substantial morbidity and occasional mortality.
Journal of Clinical Oncology , éditorial, 2016