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leiomyosarcoma

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Noun1.leiomyosarcoma - sarcoma of smooth muscle; occurs most often digestive tract or uterus or bladder or prostate
sarcoma - a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer


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It was part of Cody's way of honoring and memorializing her friend and teammate, Lillie Sweetland, who died five years ago after a battle with leiomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer.
CODY SETS ANOTHER RECORD IN BAJA 1000 by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The histologic differential diagnosis is predicated on whether the tumor is biphasic or monophasic; it includes adenocarcinoma, spindle cell carcinoma, fibrosarcoma, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, glomangiopericytoma (hemangiopericytoma), leiomyosarcoma, malignant melanoma, epithelioid sarcoma, and angiosarcoma.
Synovial sarcoma by Thompson, Lester D.R. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Other non-AIDS-defining cancers with increased incidence in the HIV-infected population Leukemia (3,8,9) Pharynx (3,9) Pancreas (3) * Multiple myeloma Esophagus (3,9) Liver (1,3,8) (3,5,8,9) * Lip (3,8) Kidney (3) Skin cancer (3,5,9,23) Tongue (9) ** Colorectal (9) * Penile (3) Stomach (3,9) Brain and CNS (3,5,9) Vulva/Vagina (3) Larynx (3,9) Heart (3) Leiomyosarcoma (3,23) Angiosarcoma (5) * associated with immunosupression ** another study showed decreased incidence (8)
Cancer in the HIV-infected population by Newcomb-Fernandez, Jennifer / Research Initiative/Treatment Action!
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