July is Sarcoma Awareness Month. News 8 spoke with Dr. Kurt Weiss, an orthopedic surgeon and a sarcoma survivor, about this rare type of cancer. I found fame as an ’80s rock star. Now I'm fighting to ...

The FDA's orphan drug designation supports LP-284's development for soft tissue sarcomas, addressing significant unmet needs in this adult patient population. The FDA granted orphan drug designation ...

Sarcoma originates in connective tissues, with soft tissue and bone sarcomas as primary categories, each having multiple subtypes. Staging considers tumor size, grade, and metastasis, guiding ...

(SALT LAKE CITY)—Geneticists led by University of Utah Nobel Prize Laureate Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D., have engineered mice that develop clear cell sarcoma (CCS), a significant step in better ...

Highlighting the urgent need for awareness and support for sarcoma, a rarely discussed but serious cancer affecting many.

The findings emphasize the need for improved rare cancer policies in Latin America, with potential clinical implications for more equitable access to sarcoma treatments through regulatory and policy ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for the immunotherapy afamitresgene autoleuecel (Tecelra ®, also known as afami-cel) for the treatment of adults with a ...

With the rising burden of cancer in India, awareness around common cancers such as breast, lung and oral cancer has increased ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — July is Sarcoma Awareness Month. Sarcoma is a rare type of cancer in connective tissues like bone, muscle, fat or cartilage. It can occur almost anywhere in the body but is ...

Treatments for sarcomas haven't changed much over the past 25 years. But a recent clinical trial uncovered a new possible therapy for people with it. Around 2016, Mary Witkop noticed a bump on the ...

Soft tissue sarcoma is a type of cancerous tumor that forms in the body’s soft tissues, such as muscle, fat, fibrous tissue, and blood vessels. If it occurs in the shoulder, it might feel like a ...

Fragmented care - receiving medical treatment at more than one facility - has been associated with both positive and negative outcomes for cancer patients depending on a number of factors such as ...