• Sarcoma is a very dangerous and rare cancer that affects the connective tissues, such as nerves, muscles, cartilage, joints, bone, or blood vessels.
• It can arise anywhere in the body, frequently hidden deep in the limbs.

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• About 1% of all adult cancers are sarcomas.
• About 15% of all children’s cancers are sarcomas.
• There are hundreds of thousands of patients and their families struggling with sarcoma 
worldwide. 

• When possible, sarcoma patients have surgery to remove the cancer.
• Surgery is often combined with chemotherapy and/or radiation.

• They are often misdiagnosed. Sometimes they are thought to be sports injuries.
• Often, by the time they are diagnosed, they may be large and difficult to remove surgically, and they may 
have metastasized.
• Many sarcomas resist current treatments.