ABSTRACT

Soft tissue sarcomas are rare tumours with around 1000 cases reported in the UK each year divided equally between men and women. In children the predominant tumour is a juvenile rhabdomyosarcoma, which will be considered in the section on paediatric tumours. It has very different characteristics to the soft tissue sarcomas of adults. In adults these tumours can occur at any age, the incidence being slightly more common in the 50-70 year age group.