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Sarcoma

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A usually aggressive malignant neoplasm of the soft tissue or bone. It arises from muscle, fat, fibrous tissue, bone, cartilage, and blood vessels. Sarcomas occur in both children and adults. The prognosis depends largely on the degree of differentiation (grade) of the neoplasm. Representative subtypes are liposarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, osteosarcoma, and chondrosarcoma. [ ]

Term info

Label

Sarcoma

Synonyms
  • Mesenchymal Tumor, Malignant
  • SARCOMA, MALIGNANT
  • Sarcoma
  • Sarcoma of Soft Tissue and Bone
  • Sarcoma of the Soft Tissue and Bone
  • sarcoma
Subsets

NCIT_C126659, NCIT_C99147, NCIT_C118168, NCIT_C138188, NCIT_C77526, NCIT_C138190, NCIT_C88025, NCIT_C90259, NCIT_C61410, NCIT_C158520, NCIT_C156966, NCIT_C156952, NCIT_C116977

ALT DEFINITION

A cancer of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue., A malignant mesenchymal neoplasm. A general term for which the transformed cell type has not been specified.

Contributing Source

CTRP, CDISC, NICHD, CPTAC

Display Name

Sarcoma

Has NICHD Parent

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C9305

ICD-O-3 Code

8800/3

Legacy Concept Name

Sarcoma_of_the_Soft_Tissue_and_Bone

Maps To

Sarcoma, Sarcoma, NOS, Mesenchymal tumor, malignant, 8800/3

Neoplasm Has Special Category

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C9292

Neoplastic Status

Malignant

Preferred Name

Sarcoma

Semantic Type

Neoplastic Process

UMLS CUI

C1261473

code

C9118