Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kirsanov KI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7152984 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kirsanov Kirill I KI Lesovaya Ekaterina A EA Fetisov Timur I TI Bokhyan Beniamin Yu BY Belitsky Gennady A GA Yakubovskaya Marianna G MG
Sarcoma 20200331
Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are a highly heterogeneous group of cancers of mesenchymal origin with diverse morphologies and clinical behaviors. While surgical resection is the standard treatment for primary STS, advanced and metastatic STS patients are not eligible for surgery. Systemic treatments, including standard chemotherapy and newer chemical agents, still play the most relevant role in the management of the disease. Discovery of specific genetic alterations in distinct STS subtypes allowed ...[more]