Optical coherence tomography (OCT) image of a sarcoma
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A sarcoma is a malignant tumor, a type of cancer that arises from cells of mesenchymal (connective tissue) origin.[1][2] Connective tissue is a broad term that includes bone, cartilage, fat, vascular, or other structural tissues, and sarcomas can arise in any of these types of tissues.[2][3] As a result, there are many subtypes of sarcoma, which are classified based on the specific tissue and type of cell from which the tumor originates.[4] Sarcomas are primary connective tissue tumors, meaning that they arise in connective tissues.[2] This is in contrast to secondary (or "metastatic") connective tissue tumors, which occur when a cancer from elsewhere in the body (such as the lungs, breast tissue or prostate) spreads to the connective tissue.[5] Sarcomas are one of five different types of cancer, classified by the cell type from which they originate.[6] The word sarcoma is derived from the Greek σάρκωμαsarkōma 'fleshy excrescence or substance', itself from σάρξ sarx meaning 'flesh'.[7][8][9]
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