spindle cell sarcoma

Spindle cell sarcoma is a type of connective tissue cancer in which the cells are spindle-shaped when examined under a microscope.

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (also called MFH, undifferentiatedpleomorphic sarcoma, or spindle cell sarcoma).

Fletcher CD, Dal Cin P, de Wever I, et al.: Correlation between clinicopathological features and karyotype in spindle cell sarcomas.

In addition, information on other primary bone cancers such as chondrosarcoma, chordoma, spindle cell sarcomas, angiosarcoma and a list of open and recruiting clinical trials will be available in the future.

Spindle cell sarcoma can develop for a variety of reasons, including genetic predisposition but it also may be caused by a combination of other factors including injury and inflammation in patients that are already thought to be predisposed to such tumors.

Goldsby RE, Bruggers CS, Brothman AR, Sorensen PH, Beckwith JB, Pysher TJ (1998) Spindle cell sarcoma of the kidney with ganglionic elements (Malignnt ectomesenchymoma) associated with chromosomal abnormalities and a review of the literature.