What is the latest research on soft tissue sarcomas?
Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are conducting numerous research studies that will help clinicians better understand and treat soft tissue sarcomas. Other types of treatment currently being studied include: Angiogenesis inhibitors – substances that may be able to prevent the growth of tumors by blocking the formation of new blood vessels that feed the tumors. • Biological therapies – a wide range of substances that may be able to involve the body’s own immune system to fight cancer or lessen harmful side effects of some treatments. • Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy – combining radiation and chemotherapy may reduce the incidence of metastatic disease in synovial sarcoma. Treatments using chemotherapy and radiotherapy before resecting the primary tumor in synovial sarcoma in adults and children are being investigated.
