sarcoma
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sarcomas,
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sarcomata
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noun
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sarcomas
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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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About 250 cases of Ewing sarcoma are diagnosed each year in the U.S., according to health experts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The company reported the second Kaposi’s sarcoma case at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Notti, who works as both a physician and a researcher, found this gap especially troubling because many of his sarcoma patients were not benefiting from T cell immunotherapies.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 2025
Like Milla, Ainscough was diagnosed with an aggressive type of epithelioid sarcoma in her forearm.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2025
Out of 40 decided cases Reinbach found the eosinophils increased only in four, in a case of sarcoma of the forearm he found 7.8%; of the thigh 8.4%; malignant tumour of the abdomen 11.6%.
From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by W. Myers
"We have previously proven the success of this method with brain tumours and sarcomas" reminds Dr. Esteller.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2024
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
Soft tissue sarcomas make up 1% of all cancers, with synovial being one of the rarest subtypes - about 80 people a year are diagnosed with it in England.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2022
Myxomatous tissue is, however, frequently found in other connective-tissue tumours as a result of degeneration, for example, in cartilaginous tumours and in sarcomas.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Mycosis fungoides approximates, clinically and histologically, granulomata and sarcomata.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Those chiefly met with are dermoids, fibromata, sarcomata and epitheliomata.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
Fascial sarcomata are often seen of immense size.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
The author called the disease sarcomata pigmentosum diffusum multiplex.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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 Joseph Bell
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