RT Book, Section A1 Choy, Edwin A1 Yoon, Sam S. A1 Hornicek, Francis J. A1 DeLaney, Thomas F. A2 Chabner, Bruce A. A2 Longo, Dan L. SR Print(0) ID 1127649787 T1 Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcomas T2 Harrison's Manual of Oncology, 2e YR 2016 FD 2016 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071793254 LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1127649787 RD 2024/10/07 AB Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are uncommon malignancies, arising in about 11,410 persons in the United States each year and accounting for 4390 deaths, mostly due to either locoregional recurrence or distant metastasis (1,2,3,4). Although malignant tumors of soft tissue are scarce, benign tumors such as lipomas are 100 times more common. STS occur at any age with a median age of around 50-years old, and are equally common in men and women.