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Sarcoma

Sarcoma · Sarkom

What it is

Rare cancers of bone and soft tissue, easily mistaken for an injury.

Symptoms & signs

  • A painless lump larger than a golf ball and growing
  • deep bone pain worse at night
  • swelling near a joint
  • fracture with little force

🚩 Get help if…

  • see a doctor soon A lump larger than a golf ball, or one that is growing
  • see a doctor soon A lump deep under the muscle, or one that is painful
  • see a doctor soon Bone pain that is worse at night and keeps getting worse
  • see a doctor soon A lump that came back after being removed

Where it strikes

Medical treatment

  • Referral to a sarcoma centre before biopsy
  • wide surgical excision
  • radiotherapy
  • chemotherapy for osteosarcoma and Ewing's
  • limb-sparing surgery
  • afamitresgene (Tecelra), engineered TCR T cells for advanced synovial sarcoma — FDA accelerated approval 2024

Natural & lifestyle

  • Any lump over 5 cm or growing needs imaging, not physiotherapy
  • prehabilitation before surgery

Emerging & experimental

  • Targeted agents by fusion type

Alternative, off-label & anecdotal

Approaches used outside the guidelines, with what their supporters report and what testing has found so far.

  • Mistletoe extract — small studies early / small studies
  • Fenbendazole — anecdotal; no human trials anecdotal / traditional

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