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A summary of TCGA's study of adult soft tissue sarcoma, including what was known prior to the study and main findings from the characterization and analysis.

TCGA's Study of Prostate Carcinoma

A summary of TCGA's study of mesothelioma, including what was known prior to the study and main findings from the characterization and analysis.

The My Pediatric and Adult Rare Tumor network was created to engage patients in rare cancer research and connect them with researchers and clinicians. Rare cancers account for less than 40,000 new cases per year, and pediatric cancers are even more rare. This makes them hard to study, and hard to find treatments for.

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE or eHAE), is a rare cancer that grows from the cells that make up blood vessels.Because EHE is so rare, there is no standard treatment. Learn more about the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis for this rare tumor.

Angiosarcoma is a rare cancer that develops in the inner lining of blood vessels and lymph vessels. Angiosarcomais a fast-growing cancer, so your doctors will treat it aggressively. Learn more about the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis for this rare tumor.

Medullary thyroid cancer, or MTC, is a cancer that forms in the medulla, or the inside of the thyroid. It is the rarest type of thyroid cancer. Learn more about the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of MTC.

Anaplastic thyroid cancer, or ATC, is a type of thyroid cancer. It is a rare type, making up 1% to 2% of thyroid cancer cases.

Adrenocortical carcinoma, or ACC, is a cancer of the adrenal glands, which are two small triangular-shaped glands that sit on top of each kidney. It is very rare, afffecting around one in one million people in the US annually. Learn more about diagnosis, treatement, and prognosis of this disease.

SDH-deficient gastrointestinal stromal tumor, or SDH-deficient GIST, is a type of digestive tract cancer. GIST is a fairly common type of cancer, but SDH-deficient GIST makes up only about 6% of GIST diagnoses. Learn more about how this tumor an run in families, the treatment, and the prognosis.