Recent Trends in the Management of Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Abstract

BACKGROUND Soft tissue sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of tumours arising from primitive multipotent mesenchymal cells undergoing differentiation into one or more cell lines. They constitute 1% of human cancers. [1] Most cases of soft tissue sarcoma are sporadic and the cause is unknown. Soft tissue sarcomas are one of the most common radiation associated tumours [2] and they develop from any site and have more than 50 histological types and subtypes. The aim of this study is to provide an overview of its distribution and to emphasise the recent trends in the management of soft tissue sarcoma with considerable change towards limb and organ saving attitude. [3]