Treatment Options for Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Stage I Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Stage II and III Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Stage IV Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma
A link to a list of current clinical trials is included for each treatment section. For some types or stages of cancer, there may not be any trials listed. Check with your doctor for clinical trials that are not listed here but may be right for you.
Stage I Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Treatment of stage I adult soft tissue sarcoma may include the following:
If cancer is found in the head, neck, abdomen, or chest, treatment may include the following:
- Surgery.
- Radiation therapy before or after surgery.
- Fast neutron radiation therapy.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage I adult soft tissue sarcoma. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
Stage II and III Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Treatment of stage II and III adult soft tissue sarcoma may include the following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage II adult soft tissue sarcoma and stage III adult soft tissue sarcoma. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
Stage IV Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Treatment of stage IV adult soft tissue sarcoma that involves lymph nodes may include the following:
Treatment of stage IV adult soft tissue sarcoma that involves internal organs of the body may include the following:
- Surgery (wide local excision).
- Surgery to remove as much of the tumor as possible, followed by radiation therapy.
- High-dose radiation therapy, with or without chemotherapy, for tumors that cannot be removed by surgery.
- Chemotherapy with 1 or more anticancer drugs, before surgery or as palliative therapy to relieve symptoms and improve the quality of life.
- A clinical trial of chemotherapy with or without stem cell transplant.
- A clinical trial of chemotherapy following surgery to remove cancer that has spread to the lungs.
- A clinical trial of targeted drug therapy (Gleevec) for gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
These treatments may be followed by surgery to remove lesions on the lungs.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage IV adult soft tissue sarcoma. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
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