sarcoma
noun
any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
sarcomas
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pluralof sarcoma.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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"For example, adoptive T cell therapies are being used successfully to treat certain very rare sarcomas, so one could imagine using our insights to re-engineer the sensitivity of those receptors by tuning their activation threshold."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 2025
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
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
