Soft Tissue Sarcoma Program

Colorectal Cancer Program

About Our Soft Tissue Sarcoma Program

The multidisciplinary team at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi’s Soft Tissue Sarcoma Program provides expert medical opinions from a range of disciplines. Our specialists provide comprehensive treatment for patients with soft tissue sarcomas, which are cancers that can occur in tissue such as muscle, tendon, cartilage, fat, blood vessels and nerves.

Our multidisciplinary team of surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, radiologists and pathologists come together to review each individual patient, offering experienced care of complex, challenging tumors, close to home.

Why Choose Us?

Our expert team offers cutting edge care and innovative surgical, medical oncology, and radiation oncology treatments designed to eradicate the tumor, prevent local recurrence, improve survival and optimize limb function.

The program brings together a team of specialties, who work collaboratively and meet regularly as a multidisciplinary tumor board to discuss each patient's case. This ensures our patients receive complete care that includes access to an array of treatment options.

What We Treat

The most common soft tissue sarcomas in adults are:

  • Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma: An aggressive type of cancerous soft tissue tumor, which can quickly spread to other parts of the body. It usually forms in the arms, legs, or body.
  • Retroperitoneal Sarcomas:
    • Liposarcoma: This tumor normally develops in fat tissue of the stomach but can also form in the thighs or other areas of your body.
    • Leiomyosarcoma: This type of cancer begins in the smooth muscle tissue. It can form in any part of the body, but the uterus and stomach are the most common places.
  • Desmoid tumors: Non-cancerous growths that occur in connective tissue of the legs, arms and abdomen (also known as aggressive fibromatosis).