sarcoma
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A malignant tumor originating from mesodermal tissue, such as fat, muscle, or bone.
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Origin of sarcoma
1650–60; < New Latin < Greek sárkōma fleshy growth. See sarc-, -oma
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Essayli’s request notes that six children in the area have been diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
“Kaposi’s sarcoma occurs with other immunomodulators but in our view additional risk factors can be unfavorable if there are other treatment options that don’t have those risks,” analysts at UBS say in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Molly was 15 when she was diagnosed with metastatic Ewing sarcoma, in January 2018.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
Like Milla, Ainscough was diagnosed with an aggressive type of epithelioid sarcoma in her forearm.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2025
Malignant Disease.—The tonsil is frequently the primary seat of lympho-sarcoma, a very malignant form of round-celled sarcoma.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
The researchers also intend to examine whether these same pathways could be targeted in other cancers where HOXD13 is elevated, such as certain glioblastomas, sarcomas, and osteosarcomas.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026
I now specialise in treating testicular cancers and sarcomas.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2025
Mutations to the TP53 gene cause cancer cells to grow and spread and are most commonly associated with leukemia, breast cancer, bone cancer and soft tissue sarcomas.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2023
She eventually focused on a rare inherited syndrome that leads to colon cancer and also concentrated on sarcomas, which are soft-tissue cancers that often wrap themselves around blood vessels or vital organs.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2022
Myeloma.—The myeloid tumour, which is sometimes classified with the sarcomas, contains as its chief elements large giant cells, like those normally present in the marrow.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Schwimmer records a curious case of universal small sarcomata over the whole body of a teacher of the age of twenty-one, in the Hungarian lowlands.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
The author called the disease sarcomata pigmentosum diffusum multiplex.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
Fifty-six of these were done for cancer, and the remainder for sarcomata, papillomata, etc.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
Of course, we know in the history of some tumors that growth is delayed and that in the sarcomata recurrence is often late.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
Fascial sarcomata are often seen of immense size.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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