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  Limb Salvage - Definition, Purpose, Demographics, Description, Diagnosis/Preparation, Aftercare, Risks, Normal results
The surgery removes the tumor, lymph nodes, or tissues to which the cancer has spread, and at least 1 in (2.54 cm) of healthy tissue on all sides of the tumor.
To treat a soft tissue sarcoma that has spread to the patient's lung, the doctor may remove the original tumor, administer radiation or chemotherapy treatments to shrink the lung tumor, and surgically remove the lung tumor.
Tissue may die (necrosis) if the surgeon used a large piece of tissue (flap) to close the wound.
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 Cancer article - Cancer constellation Cancer (constellation) apoptosis cells mutations - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Sarcoma begins in the connective tissue of bone or muscle.
Adult cancers usually form in epithelial tissues and are believed often to be the result of a long biological process related to the interaction of exogenous exposures with genetic and other endogenous characteristics among susceptible people.
The tissue diagnosis indicates the type of cell that is proliferating, its severity (degree of dysplasia), its extent and size, and - sometimes with help from cytogenetics and immunohistochemistry - prognostic and therapeutic determinants.
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 Cancer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This tissue is obtained by biopsy or surgery.
Cancers are classified by the type of cell that resembles the tumor and, therefore, the tissue presumed to be the origin of the tumor.
The tissue diagnosis indicates the type of cell that is proliferating, its histological grade and other features of the tumor.
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The tissue diagnosis indicates the type of cell that is proliferating, its severity (degree of
A margin of healthy tissue is often resected to allow for small amounts of residual tumor cells.
Hyperplasia refers to tissue growth based on an excessive rate of cell division, leading to a larger than usual number of cells.
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 Cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell division and the ability of these cells to invade other tissues and spread to other areas of the body where the cells are not normally located (metastasis).
Cell multiplication (proliferation) is a normal physiologic process that occurs in almost all tissues and under many circumstances, such as response to injury, immune responses, or to replace cells that have died or have been shed as a part of their lifecycle (in tissues such as tissues.
Cancer tissue has a distinctive appearance under the nuclear size and shape, variation in cell size and shape, loss of specialized cell features, loss of normal tissue organization, and a poorly defined tumor boundary.
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 Research
The goal of the society is to advance the care of patients with connective tissue tumors and to increase knowledge of all aspects of the biology of these tumors, including basic and clinical research.
There is a link to Sarcoma, a journal dedicated to publishing papers covering all aspects of connective tissue oncology research, on their links page.
The professional area has chapters on Ewing’s Sarcoma, Osteosarcoma, and Soft Tissue Sarcoma and the public area is under construction.
www.liddyshriversarcomainitiative.org /Links/research.htm   (2121 words)

  
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Orlow I, Drobnjak M, Zhang ZF, Lewis J, Woodruff J, Murray Brennan M, Cordon-Cardo C. Alterations of the INK4A and INK4B Genes in Adult Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Effect on Survival.
www.nutrition.ac.cn /ep3-1-15.html   (6124 words)

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