• Soft Tissue Sarcoma Resection
• Limb Salvage Surgery
• Spinal Tumor Care

Soft tissue tumors range from very common lipomas to some of the rarest tumors in medicine. These tumors are derived from soft tissue and benign tumors far outnumber malignant tumors. Malignant tumors are termed sarcomas and only about 5700 cases are diagnosed annually in the United States. Soft-tissue sarcomas originate in such tissues as fat, muscles, nerves, tendons, and blood and lymph vessels. Sarcomas are unusual in that they can occur in any site of the human body, although about one half occur in the limbs. There are more than 50 different types of soft-tissue sarcomas and sarcoma-like growths. Cancer that is discovered in bones can either represent a spread from a distant site (i.e. Metastatic breast, prostate, lung) or a lesion that has originated from bone (sarcoma). Cancers, which spread to bone, represent 98% of all bone cancers. Primary bone sarcomas are rare and only about 2,000 new cases are diagnosed in the United States each year and they are more common in children and adolescents than in adults. Most adults with a bone cancer have cancer that has spread to the bone from its primary site, such as the breast, lung or prostate.

Diagnosis

Patients are seen for an initial diagnostic evaluation, which typically includes a physical examination, laboratory tests, X-rays and possibly other imaging. To make an accurate diagnosis for bone or soft tissue cancer, a surgical biopsy and analysis of the tumor by a pathologist are needed to determine if it is indeed cancerous and which kind of cancer it is.

Treatment is based on the pathology and the location of tumor. We may offer surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy – alone or in combination.

• Removal of a limb's cancerous section.
• Specialized prosthetic joint replacement for cancerous joints.
• Bone transplant using allograft bone for bone replacement.
• Muscle transfers and other soft tissue reconstruction techniques.