Liposarcoma

Summary

Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are also conducting numerous research studies to help better understand and treat soft tissue sarcomas.

Research underway

Types of treatment currently being studied include:

• Angiogenesis inhibitors, substances that may be able to prevent the growth of tumors.
• Biological therapies, a wide range of substances that may be able to involve the body's own immune system to fight cancer or lessen harmful side effects of some treatments.