About this episode

This episode discusses soft tissue sarcomas, their characteristics, and the importance of awareness and education regarding these rare tumors.

Soft tissue sarcomas are tumours that arise from connective tissue, fat, muscle, and blood vessels. They are distinct from epithelial malignancies (carcinomas) in both morphology and behaviour. Unfortunately, due to their rare occurrence, these tumours can be mistaken clinically and pathologically which affects patients management and prognosis. As part of sarcoma awareness month, we are doing a series on soft tissue sarcomas as well as bone sarcoma in conjunction with the Australian & New Zealand Sarcoma Association to raise awareness and help provide education about these diagnoses. This is the story of soft tissue sarcoma (part 1). Useful links: Australia and New Zealand Sarcoma Association:  https://sarcoma.org.au/ Find a sarcoma specialist:  https://sarcoma.org.au/pages/about-sarcoma/find-a-sarcoma-specialist Sarcoma guidelines:  https://sarcoma.org.au/pages/sarcoma-guidelines Seeking a second opinion:  https://sarcoma.org.au/pages/about-sarcoma/seeking-second-opinion Useful patient information:  https://sarcoma.org.au/pages/about-sarcoma/patient-and-carer-sarcoma-information Article from the RCPA about reviewing soft tissue tumours and obtaining…

People in this episode

Guests: Associate Professor Richard Boyle, Professor Fiona Maclean

Topics covered

• soft tissue sarcoma
• sarcoma awareness
• oncology
• pathology
• patient education

Keywords

• soft tissue sarcoma
• tumors
• oncology
• pathology
• sarcoma awareness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Australian & New Zealand Sarcoma Association, RCPA, sarcoma.org.au

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