Hello. I'm Doctor Clayton Hess, founder of CureRays Radiation Medicine. Let me walk you through this page: Keep Sarcoma Away®.

Sarcomas are cancers of connective tissue — muscle, fat, nerve, blood vessel, bone and cartilage — and there are more than 70 types. They are rare enough that most doctors see very few, which is exactly why where you are treated, and who does your biopsy, changes outcomes more than almost anything else on this page.

Here is what you'll find on this page.

Get to a sarcoma centre before anything is cut. The single most important thing on this page: sarcomas should be diagnosed and treated at a specialist sarcoma centre, and the biopsy should be planned by the surgeon who will do the operation.

Here is what you can do next.

Go deeper on sarcoma. Read the full plain-language guide, or ask our team about radiation and limb preservation. Look for the button marked Full sarcoma guide.

You can always reach our Grass Valley office at 5 3 0. 8 0 2. 6 4 0 0.

This page is informational only. It is not medical advice — please confirm anything here with your care team.

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