oncology

Question 1

angiosarcoma

Answer 1

blood and lymph vessels

Question 2

dermatofibrosarcoma

Answer 2

forms in tissue under skin (trunks and limbs)

Question 3

epitheloid sarcoma

Answer 3

hands or feet of young adults (nodules)

Question 4

ewing’s sarcoma

Answer 4

bone sarcoma, but 1/3 is found in soft tissue (extraosseus)

Question 5

fibrosarcoma

Answer 5

fibrocytes in muscles, tendons, and ligaments

Question 6

gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Answer 6

GI tract walls + outside it

Question 7

kaposi sarcoma

Answer 7

blood vessel or lymph (purple plaques on skin)

common w HIV

Question 8

leiomyosarcoma

Answer 8

smooth muscle (stomach, intestine, and BV)

Question 9

liposarcoma

Answer 9

fatty tissue

Question 10

malignant fibrous histiocytoma

Answer 10

fibrous tissue (legs, abdomen)

pleomorphic undiffereiated sarcoma

Question 11

neurofibrosarcoma

Answer 11

peripheral nerve sheath (soft tissue) tumor

Question 12

rhabdomyosarcoma

Answer 12

skeletal muscle (alveolar in limbs of teenagers, while pleomorphic in middle-age)

Question 13

synovial sarcoma

Answer 13

large joints

Question 14

common side effects for sarcomas

Answer 14

changes in bowel and physical function