Liposarcoma medical therapy

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]

Medical therapy for liposarcoma includes Chemotherapy, chemoradiation, immunotherapy, and targeted therapy.

• Chemotherapy may be used with radiation therapy either before or after surgery to shrink the tumor or kill any remaining cancer cells.
• If the cancer has spread to other areas of the body, chemotherapy may be used to shrink tumors and reduce the associated pain and discomfort.
• Patients with soft tissue sarcomas usually receive chemotherapy intravenously.

• Sometimes the targeted therapy is given along with radiation.
• They may be given together or at different intervals.

• It stops the growth of the molecules involved in growth of cancer cells.
• It blocks the growth signals.
• Most targeted therapy comes in pill form and some needs to be injected.

• Immunotherapy increases the activity of the immune system and improves body’s ability to find and destroy cancer cells.
• Few of the drugs used for immune therapy are listed below.^[1]

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