Cancerbackup: What are Soft Tissue Sarcomas?
- Provides a description of disease, treatment options, diagnosis, stages, and resource information.
- http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/Cancertype/Softtissuesarcomas/General/Softtissuesarcomas
What Is a Soft Tissue Sarcoma?
- American Cancer Society provides a detailed guide about the various types of adult sarcoma. Includes types, risk factors, early detection, staging, and treatment options.
- http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1X_What_is_sarcoma_38.asp
SEER: Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Statistical overview of childhood soft tissue sarcoma, incidences, histology, trends, risks, and survival.
- http://www.seer.cancer.gov/publications/childhood/softtissue.pdf
MedlinePlus: Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Information about types, treatment options, news, symptoms, articles, clinical trials, directories, statistics, organizations, and research.
- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/softtissuesarcoma.html
CA Cancer Journal: Soft Tissue Sarcomas
- Article by Janice N. Cormier, MD, MPH and Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD about the various rare tumors with a focus on soft tissue sarcoma. Includes introduction, clinical presentation, biopsy, staging, treatments, and conclusion.
- http://caonline.amcancersoc.org/cgi/content/full/54/2/94
NCCN: Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Professional clinical practice guideline for soft tissue sarcoma. Provides detailed information about surgery options and treatment.
- http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/PDF/sarcoma.pdf
NCI: Childhood Soft Tissue Sarcoma Treatment
- Provides informative summary about the treatment of childhood soft tissue sarcomas.
- http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/child-soft-tissue-sarcoma/patient
Cure Sarcoma Jp
- Information about research into using gene therapy to treat sarcoma. Includes bulletin board, donations, blog, and links. [Japanese and English]
- http://www.curesarcoma.jp/
NCI: Soft Tissue Sarcomas - Q & A
- A fact sheet about cancers that develop in tissues that connect, support, or surround other structures and organs of the body.
- http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Sites-Types/soft-tissue-sarcoma
Jennifer Hunter Yates Sarcoma Foundation
- Established to find a cure and to provide assistance for patients and families at Massachusetts General Hospital.
- http://home.comcast.net/~jhysarcomafoundation/
Entrez PubMed: Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- National Library of Medicine provides access to cancer research journals online.
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&cmd=search&term=%22soft+tissue+sarcoma%22
The Swing Away Foundation
- Provides funding for sarcoma research and families affected by the disease. Dedicated to the memory of Carrie Dixon-Cook.
- http://www.swingaway.org/
Joanna C. Marino Charitable Foundation
- Supports conventional and alternative research for soft tissue sarcoma.
- http://www.joannacmarinofoundation.org/
START: Soft Tissue Sarcomas
- Oncology in Europe provides information about treatment, pathology, biology, diagnosis, staging, prognosis, and secondary tumors.
- http://telescan.nki.nl/start/chapt-01/chapt-01.html
Childhood Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Treatment and general information concerning metastic, non-metastic, and recurrent disease.
- http://www.meb.uni-bonn.de/cancer.gov/CDR0000062934.html
Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Provides cellular, stage, treatment, and recurrent information about this cancer in adults.
- http://www.meb.uni-bonn.de/cancer.gov/CDR0000062820.html
NCI: Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Gateway for information about soft tissue sarcomas. Includes treatments, literature, research, definition, clinical trials, statistics, and causes.
- http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/soft-tissue-sarcoma/
Sarcoma UK.org
- Discusses the diagnosis and types, gives links to European and UK resources, and offers information about clinical trials and specialist centers. Located in Ludlow, England.
- http://www.sarcoma-uk.org/
Kristen Ann Carr Sarcoma Forum
- Non-profit offers information, newsletter, events, volunteer opportunities and support for specialist training. Headquartered in New York City.
- http://www.sarcoma.com/
Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma Fund
- Non-profit offers information, education, events, volunteer opportunities and family support. Located in Minnesota.
- http://www.reininsarcoma.org/
Amschwand Sarcoma Cancer Foundation
- Aimed at providing education, increasing awareness, fostering research and offering support. Located in Houston, Texas.
- http://www.sarcomacancer.org/
Connective Tissue Oncology Society
- International group comprised of physicians and scientists with a primary interest in the tumors of connective tissues.
- http://www.ctos.org/