Sarcoma Awareness Month: Understanding and Preventing This Rare Cancer
Sarcoma Awareness Month: Understanding and Preventing This Rare Cancer July is Sarcoma Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about this rare and often misunderstood type of cancer. Sarcomas are malignant tumors that originate in the bones and soft tissues, such as fat, muscles, nerves, fibrous tissues, blood vessels, or deep skin tissues. Understanding sarcoma, its causes, symptoms, and prevention strategies, including the role of nutrition, is crucial in the fight against this disease. What is Sarcoma? Sarcoma is a type of cancer that arises from transformed cells of mesenchymal origin. This means that sarcomas can occur in various tissues like bones (osteosarcoma), muscles (rhabdomyosarcoma), fat (liposarcoma), nerves (neurosarcoma), and blood vessels (angiosarcoma). Sarcomas are categorized into two main groups: bone sarcomas and soft tissue sarcomas. Causes of Sarcoma The exact cause of most sar...