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What is a sarcoma?

Sarcoma is a cancer of the connective or supportive tissue, which includes bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, and soft tissue. More than one thousand people in Australia are diagnosed with sarcoma every year.

Sarcomas are given a number of different names, based on the type of tissue from which they arise. For example, osteosarcoma arises from bone, chondrosarcoma from cartilage, and leiomyosarcoma from smooth muscle. Synovial sarcomas affect soft tissue such as muscles and ligaments.

Tragically, these tumours most commonly strike adolescents and young adults between the ages of 12 and 25. It makes up for 15-20 percent of all childhood cancers. Sarcoma is also the most aggressive primary cancer with only an overall 50 per cent survival rate.

ESUN Guides

The ESUN guides provide you with information and research on the different types of sarcoma cancer.  This can be printed, downloaded and viewed as PDFs or E Books

Australasian Sarcoma Study Group

This website provide you with the latest research and studies on sarcoma cancer.  If you are interested in being part of a study, please refer to the Kindred Study page on this website.

Sarcoma Chat Room

This chat room provides unmoderated discussion list for patients, family, friends, researchers, and physicians, to discuss clinical and nonclinical issues and advances pertaining to all different types of sarcoma cancer. This includes patient experiences, psychosocial issues, new research, clinical trials, and discussions of current treatment practices. .