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n. - A malignant tumor of fat cells arising from connective tissues.

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  • Susan Harris, 46, of Asheville, N.C., was self-employed and uninsured when she was diagnosed with a type of cancer called liposarcoma in 2003.
  • When Richard Crusoe was diagnosed with a rare form of soft tissue cancer called liposarcoma, the retired firefighter and his family pinned their hopes of slowing the...
  • Well, we put that question to some oncologists and this is what they said -- they said, look, this type of tumor -- which is called the liposarcoma -- they say it is not...
  • This particular type of cancer is called liposarcoma.
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