Desmoid tumors may be confused with a type of fibrosarcoma. The cancer is found only in the area where it started and has not spread to other parts of the body. The cancer has spread from where it started to other parts of the body. It may come back in the area where it started or in another part of the body. There are treatments for all patients with childhood soft tissue sarcoma.
Surgery is a common treatment for soft tissue sarcoma.
Depending on where the cancer is, the surgeon may take out as much of the cancer as possible, along with some of the normal tissue around it. Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy may be taken by mouth in the form of a pill, or it may be put into the body by a needle in a vein or muscle. Chemotherapy is called a systemic treatment because the drugs enter the bloodstream, travel through the body, and can kill cancer cells throughout the body. Treatment by Stage Treatment for soft tissue sarcoma depends on where the cancer is, how far it has spread, and what the cancer cells look like under the microscope.