When you get a soft tissue sarcoma diagnosis, your medical team will want to find out if the cancer has spread — and if so, how much. Doctors do this using a process called staging. Staging helps doctors know how serious the soft tissue sarcoma diagnosis is and how to best treat it. Here’s more information on soft tissue sarcoma treatment options.
Dr. Bakst is a board-certified radiation oncologist and assistant professor at The Icahn School of Medicine at The Mount Sinai Hospital.
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