At one time soft tissue sarcoma was a rare and unfamiliar disease that required drastic surgical intervention. It had an extremely high mortality rate. This volume summarizes contemporary findings on sarcoma and the great advances that have been made.

Cancer cachexia is a complex syndrome characterized by diminished nutrient intake and progressive tissue depletion manifest clinically as anorexia and weight loss. This review examines the basic research that has addressed the fundamental derangements in host intermediary protein metabolism and evaluates current therapeutic approaches to the management of cancer cachexia. This volume provides a new approach as well as a comprehensive review of current basic and clinical research.

This book covers diagnosis and management of adult soft tissue sarcoma, addressing each individual sarcoma subtype. Discusses clinical and molecular diagnoses, tumor histopathology and treatment including chemotherapy, radiation, novel therapeutics and surgery.