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SARCOMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("sarcoma" is a kind of...):
cancer; malignant neoplastic disease (any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sarcoma"):
chondrosarcoma (a malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells)
endothelial myeloma; Ewing's sarcoma; Ewing's tumor; Ewing's tumour (malignant tumor in bone marrow (usually in the pelvis or in long bones))
Kaposi's sarcoma (a sarcoma that starts with purplish spots on the feet and legs and spreads from the skin to lymph nodes and internal organs; a common manifestation of AIDS)
leiomyosarcoma (sarcoma of smooth muscle; occurs most often digestive tract or uterus or bladder or prostate)
liposarcoma (sarcoma of fat cells)
myosarcoma (sarcoma of muscle tissue)
malignant neuroma; neurosarcoma (a malignant neoplasm of nerve tissue and fibrous tissue and connective tissue)
osteogenic sarcoma; osteosarcoma (malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur)
rhabdomyosarcoma; rhabdosarcoma (a highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle)
adenomyosarcoma; embryoma of the kidney; nephroblastoma; Wilms' tumor; Wilms tumour (malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass)
Context examples:
Also called alveolar soft part sarcoma.
(ASPS, NCI Dictionary)
A large number of patients develop malignant tumors (carcinomas, sarcomas, and lymphomas). —2003
(Multicentric Reticulohistiocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)
The most aggressive form of Kaposi sarcoma.
(AIDS-Related Kaposi Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An alveolar soft part sarcoma occurring in adults.
(Adult Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Such malignant neoplasms may be carcinomas (e.g. breast, colon), lymphomas, melanomas, or sarcomas.
(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Liver, NCI Thesaurus)
An Ewing sarcoma of the soft tissues which is confined to its original site of growth without evidence of spread to another anatomic site.
(Non-Metastatic Extraosseous Ewing Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A drug used to treat Ewing sarcoma, gestational trophoblastic tumor, Wilms tumor, and certain types of testicular cancer.
(actinomycin D, NCI Dictionary)
An epithelioid sarcoma occurring in adults.
(Adult Epithelioid Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Soft tissue sarcoma occuring in adults.
(Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Ewing sarcoma which has spread from its initial site.
(Metastatic Ewing Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
