A VOLUMINOUS SARCOMA OF THE RIGHT ARM AGGRESSIVELY LOCALLY AND AT DISTANCE
A VOLUMINOUS SARCOMA OF THE RIGHT ARM AGGRESSIVELY LOCALLY AND AT DISTANCE

Summary/Abstract: SOFT-TISSUE SARCOMAS ARE A GROUPS OF TUMORS ORIGINATING IN THE MESENCHYMAL CELL, WITHDIFFERENT HISTOLOGY, EVOLUTION AND PROGNOSIS. OFTEN, THEY ARE LOCATED IN THE MUSCLE, ADIPOSE TISSUE OR CONNECTIVE TISSUE, AT THE LEVELOF THE EXTREMITIES (50%), TRUNK, RETROPERITONEUM (40%), HEAD AND NECK (10%).REGARDING THE AGE GROUP, THE MAXIMUM INCIDENCE OF SOFT-TISSUE SARCOMAS IS FOUND INPATIENTS OVER 50 YEARS OLD. AS RISK FACTORS FOR SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS SPECIALTY LITERATURE MENTIONS HEREDITARYSYNDROMES, RADIATIONS, CHRONIC LYMPHEDEMA, FOREIGN BODIES AND VIRUSES.SURGERY IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE TREATMENT OF SARCOMAS. ALSO, OTHER TREATMENTS LIKE CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIOTHERAPY MAY BE APPLIED BEFORE AND/OR AFTER THE SURGERY, THUS,SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING THE PROGNOSIS.

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