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n. - A usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.).

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  • The term sarcoma is used when the tumor is malignant (cancerous).
  • Ewing sarcoma is a family of bone tumors that includes:
  • This bone sarcoma is responsible for about one-third of bone cancers in children.
  • Childhood soft tissue sarcoma is a disease in which cancerous cells begin to grow in the soft tissues of a child's body.
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