Patient Resources

Pediatric Sarcomas

Major Types of Soft Tissue Sarcomas in Children
Tissue of Origin	Types of Cancer	Usual Location in the Body	Most Common Ages
Muscle
Striated muscle	Rhabdomyosarcoma
	Embryonal	Head and neck, genitourinary tract	Infant–4
	Alveolar	Arms, legs, head and neck	Infant–19
Smooth muscle	Leiomyosarcoma	Trunk	15-19
Fibrous tissue	Fibrosarcoma	Arms and legs	15-29
	Malignant fibrous	Legs	15–19
	Malignant fibrous	Legs	15–19
Fat	Liposarcoma	Arms and legs	15–19
Blood vessels	Infantile hemangio-pericytoma	Arms, legs, trunk, head, and neck	Infant–4
Synovial tissue (linings of joint cavities, tendon sheaths)	Synovial sarcoma	Legs, arms, and trunk	15–19
Peripheral nerves	Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (also called neurofibrosarcomas, malignant schwannomas and neurogenic sarcomas)	Arms, legs, and trunk	15–19
Muscular nerves	Alveolar soft part sarcoma	Arms and legs	Infant-19
Cartilage and bone-forming tissue	Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma	Legs	10–14
Cartilage and bone-forming tissue	Extraskeletal mesenchymal	Legs	10–14

Information on sarcoma subtypes, treatments, clinical trials, and other important resources for sarcoma patients and families.

Information on the Sarcoma Patient Registry. If you are diagnosed with sarcoma, please consider joining the Registry.

Information on applying for a sarcoma research grant, current research funded by the SFA, and past research grants.