Concise Review: Mesenchymal Tumors: When Stem Cells Go Mad

Abstract excerpt

Sarcomas are nonepithelial, nonhematopoietic malignant tumors that arise from the embryonic mesoderm. Despite their rarity, less than 10% of all cancers, sarcomas are accountable for relatively high morbidity and mortality especially in children and adolescents. Although there are some hereditary conditions predisposing sarcoma, such as the Li-Fraumeni and Retinoblastoma syndrome, the vast majority of these...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Cancer Cells and Metastasis
• Share to MicroRNA in disease regulation
• Share to Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment