Dramatic improvements in survival have been achieved for children and adolescents with cancer. Between 1975 and 2020, childhood cancer mortality decreased by more than 50%.[1-3] Childhood and adolescent cancer survivors require close monitoring because cancer therapy side effects may persist or develop months or years after treatment. For information about the incidence, type, and monitoring of late effects in childhood and adolescent cancer survivors, see Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer.

Pediatric soft tissue sarcomas are a heterogenous group of malignant tumors that originate from primitive mesenchymal tissue and account for 6% of all childhood tumors (rhabdomyosarcomas, 3%; other soft tissue sarcomas, 3%).[2] For more information, see the Histopathological Classification of Childhood Soft Tissue Sarcoma section.

Rhabdomyosarcoma, a tumor of striated muscle, is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children. It accounts for 50% of the soft tissue sarcomas in children aged 0 to 14 years.[2] For more information, see Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma Treatment.

In pediatrics, the remaining soft tissue sarcomas are commonly referred to as nonrhabdomyosarcomatous soft tissue sarcomas (NRSTS) and account for approximately 3.5% of all childhood tumors.[2,4] This summary discusses the treatment of NRSTS.

NRSTS are often classified according to the normal tissue types from which they are derived. These types include various connective tissues, peripheral nervous system tissue, smooth muscle tissue, and vascular tissue. The classification also includes undifferentiated tumors that are not clearly related to specific tissue types. For more information about vascular tumors in children, see Childhood Vascular Tumors Treatment.

Incidence of Soft Tissue Sarcoma by Age and Histology

The distribution of soft tissue sarcomas by histology and age, on the basis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program information from 2000 to 2015, is depicted in Table 1. The distribution of histological subtypes by age is also shown in Figure 2.

Table 1. Age Distribution of Soft Tissue Sarcomas in Children Aged 0 to 19 Years (SEER 2000–2015)a

		Age <5 y	Age 5–9 y	Age 10–14 y	Age 15–19 y	Age <20 y	All Ages (Including Adults)
pPNET = peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumors; SEER = Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results.
aSource: SEER database.[5]
All soft tissue and other extraosseous sarcomas		1,124	773	1,201	1,558	4,656	80,269
Rhabdomyosarcomas		668	417	382	327	1,794	3,284
Fibrosarcomas, peripheral nerve, and other fibrous neoplasms		137	64	112	181	494	6,645
	Fibroblastic and myofibroblastic tumors	114	33	41	77	265		4,228
	Nerve sheath tumors	23	31	70	102	226		2,303
	Other fibromatous neoplasms	0	0	1	2	3		114
Kaposi sarcoma		2	1	2	10	15	7,722
Other specified soft tissue sarcomas		237	238	559	865	1,899	49,004
	Ewing tumor and Askin tumor of soft tissue	37	36	72	113	258		596
	pPNET of soft tissue	24	23	42	56	145		402
	Extrarenal rhabdoid tumor	75	8	9	4	96		205
	Liposarcomas	4	6	37	79	126		10,749
	Fibrohistiocytic tumors	43	73	142	223	481		13,531
	Leiomyosarcomas	11	14	19	41	85		14,107
	Synovial sarcomas	12	39	141	210	402		2,608
	Blood vessel tumors	12	9	11	32	64		4,238
	Osseous and chondromatous neoplasms of soft tissue	1	6	16	14	37		1,018
	Alveolar soft parts sarcoma	4	5	22	33	64		211
	Miscellaneous soft tissue sarcomas	14	19	48	60	141		1,339
Unspecified soft tissue sarcomas		80	53	146	175	454	13,614

NRSTS are more common in adolescents and adults.[6] Most of the information regarding treatment and natural history of the disease in younger patients has been based on studies in adult patients. The distributions of these tumors by age according to stage (Figure 1), histological subtype (Figure 2), and tumor site (Figure 3) are shown below.[7]

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Prognosis and Prognostic Factors

The prognosis of NRSTS varies greatly depending on the following factors:[71-73]

• Site of the primary tumor.
• Tumor size.
• Tumor grade. For more information, see the Soft Tissue Sarcoma Tumor Pathological Grading System section.
• Tumor histology.
• Depth of tumor invasion.
• Presence of metastases and site of the metastatic tumor.
• Resectability of the tumor.
• Use of radiation therapy.

In a review of a large adult series of NRSTS, patients with superficial extremity sarcomas had a better prognosis than did patients with deep tumors. Thus, in addition to grade and size, the depth of invasion of the tumor should be considered.[74]

Several adult and pediatric series have shown that patients with large or invasive tumors have a significantly worse prognosis than do those with small, noninvasive tumors. A retrospective review of soft tissue sarcomas in children and adolescents suggests that the 5 cm cutoff used for adults with soft tissue sarcoma may not be ideal for smaller children, especially infants. The review identified an interaction between tumor diameter and body surface area.[75] This relationship has been questioned and requires further study to determine the therapeutic implications of the observation.[76]

Some pediatric NRSTS are associated with a better outcome. For instance, patients with infantile fibrosarcoma who present at age 4 years or younger have an excellent prognosis. This excellent outcome occurs because surgery alone can cure a significant number of these patients and infantile fibrosarcoma is highly chemosensitive. This tumor also responds well to larotrectinib, a specific tropomyosin receptor kinase inhibitor.[22,77]

Prognosis based on the Children's Oncology Group (COG) ARST0332 trial

Soft tissue sarcomas in older children and adolescents often behave similarly to those in adult patients.[22,78] A large, prospective, multinational COG study (ARST0332 [NCT00346164]) enrolled newly diagnosed patients younger than 30 years. Patients were assigned to treatment on the basis of their risk group. Risk groups were defined by the presence of metastasis, tumor resectability and margins, and tumor size and grade. For more information, see Figure 4.[79][Level of evidence B4]

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Each patient was assigned to one of three risk groups and one of four treatment groups. The risk groups were as follows:[79]

1. Low risk: Nonmetastatic R0 (resection was complete with negative microscopic margins) or R1 (microscopically positive margins) low-grade tumor, or ≤5 cm R1 high-grade tumor.
2. Intermediate risk: Nonmetastatic R0 or R1 >5 cm high-grade tumor, or unresected tumor of any size or grade.
3. High risk: Metastatic tumor.

The treatment groups were as follows:

1. Surgery alone (n = 205).
2. Radiation therapy (55.8 Gy) (n = 17).
3. Chemoradiation therapy (chemotherapy and 55.8 Gy radiation therapy) (n = 111).
4. Neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy (chemotherapy and 45 Gy radiation therapy, then surgery and radiation therapy boost based on margins with continued chemotherapy) (n = 196).

Chemotherapy included six cycles of ifosfamide (3 g/m2 per dose) administered intravenously on days 1 through 3 and five cycles of doxorubicin (37.5 mg/m2 per dose) administered intravenously on days 1 to 2 every 3 weeks, with the sequence adjusted on the basis of the timing of surgery or radiation therapy.

For the 550 patients enrolled, 529 evaluable patients were included in the analysis; at a median follow-up of 6.5 years (interquartile range [IQR], 4.9–7.9), the survival results are shown in Table 3.

Table 3. Survival Results for the Children's Oncology Group ARST0332 Trial

	5-Year Event-Free Survival		5-Year Overall Survival
Risk Group	Events/Patients	Estimate, % (95% CI)	Events/Patients	Estimate, % (95% CI)
CI = confidence interval; R0 = completely excised with negative microscopic margins; R1 = grossly excised but with positive microscopic margins; R2 = less than complete gross excision.
Low	26/222	88.9 (84.0–93.8)	10/222	96.2 (93.2–99.2)
Intermediate	84/227	65.0 (58.2–71.8)	55/227	79.2 (73.4–85.0)
High	63/80	21.2 (11.4–31.1)	52/80	35.5 (23.6–47.4)
Surgical Margin
R0	44/252	83.6 (78.3–89.0)	22/252	92.8 (89.1–96.5)
R1	29/81	66.2 (54.8–77.5)	17/81	79.7 (70.0–89.5)
R2	100/196	49.2 (41.4–57.0)	78/196	62.7 (55.2–70.3)

Pediatric patients with unresected localized NRSTS have a poor outcome. Only about one-third of patients treated with multimodality therapy remain disease free.[71,80]; [81,82][Level of evidence C1] In an Italian review of 30 patients with NRSTS at visceral sites, only ten patients survived at 5 years. Unfavorable prognostic factors included inability to achieve complete resection, large tumor size, tumor invasion, histological subtype, and lung-pleura sites.[83][Level of evidence C1]

Prognosis based on the European paediatric Soft Tissue Sarcoma Study Group (EpSSG) NRSTS 2005 study

The EpSSG conducted a prospective trial for patients younger than 21 years with NRSTS. They reported an analysis of 206 patients with synovial sarcoma and 363 with adult-type NRSTS. Patients were treated according to assigned risk groups. For more information, see Figure 5.[84] With a median follow-up of 80 months (interquartile range, 54.3–111.3) for the 467 surviving patients, the 5-year event-free survival (EFS) rate was 73.7% (95% CI, 69.7%–77.2%), and the OS rate was 83.8% (95% CI, 80.3%–86.7%). The survival by treatment groups are shown in Table 4.[84]

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Table 4. Survival Outcomes by Treatment Groups in the EpSSG NRSTS 2005 Study

Treatment Group	5-Year Event-Free Survival Rate (95% CI)	5-Year Overall Survival Rate (95% CI)	Local Recurrence Rate
CI = confidence interval; EpSSG = European paediatric Soft Tissue Sarcoma Study Group; NRSTS = nonrhabdomyosarcomatous soft tissue sarcomas.
Surgery alone	91.4% (87.0%–94.4%)	98.1% (95.0%–99.3%)
Adjuvant radiation therapy alone	75.5% (46.9%–90.1%)	88.2% (60.6%–96.9%)	6.7% (1/15)
Adjuvant chemotherapy ± radiation therapy	65.6% (54.8%–74.5%)	75.8% (65.3%–83.5%)	10.8% (7/65)
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy ± radiation therapy	56.4% (49.3%–63.0%)	70.4% (63.3%–76.4%)	14.2% (16/113)

Overall, local control after radiation therapy was as follows: R0, 106 of 109 patients (97%); R1, 51 of 60 patients (85%); and R2/unresectable, 2 of 6 patients (33%). Local recurrence predictors included extent of delayed resection (P < .001), imaging response before delayed surgery (P < .001), histological subtype (P < .001), and no radiation therapy (P = .046). The 5-year EFS was significantly lower for patients unable to undergo R0 or R1 resection (P = .0003).[85]

The authors concluded that adjuvant therapy could safely be omitted in the group of patients assigned to surgery alone. They also concluded that improving the outcome for patients with high-risk, initially resected, adult-type NRSTS and those with initially unresected disease remains a major clinical challenge.[84]

In a pooled analysis from U.S. and European pediatric centers, outcome was better for patients whose tumor removal procedure was deemed complete than for patients whose tumor removal was incomplete. Outcome was better for patients who received radiation therapy than for patients who did not.[81][Level of evidence C1]

Because long-term morbidity must be minimized while disease-free survival is maximized, the ideal therapy for each patient must be carefully and individually determined using these prognostic factors before initiating therapy.[29,86-90]

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81. Ferrari A, Miceli R, Rey A, et al.: Non-metastatic unresected paediatric non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas: results of a pooled analysis from United States and European groups. Eur J Cancer 47 (5): 724-31, 2011. [PUBMED Abstract]
82. Smith KB, Indelicato DJ, Knapik JA, et al.: Definitive radiotherapy for unresectable pediatric and young adult nonrhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer 57 (2): 247-51, 2011. [PUBMED Abstract]
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84. Ferrari A, van Noesel MM, Brennan B, et al.: Paediatric non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas: the prospective NRSTS 2005 study by the European Pediatric Soft Tissue Sarcoma Study Group (EpSSG). Lancet Child Adolesc Health 5 (8): 546-558, 2021. [PUBMED Abstract]
85. Million L, Hayes-Jordan A, Chi YY, et al.: Local Control For High-Grade Nonrhabdomyosarcoma Soft Tissue Sarcoma Assigned to Radiation Therapy on ARST0332: A Report From the Childrens Oncology Group. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 110 (3): 821-830, 2021. [PUBMED Abstract]
86. Dillon PW, Whalen TV, Azizkhan RG, et al.: Neonatal soft tissue sarcomas: the influence of pathology on treatment and survival. Children's Cancer Group Surgical Committee. J Pediatr Surg 30 (7): 1038-41, 1995. [PUBMED Abstract]
87. Pappo AS, Fontanesi J, Luo X, et al.: Synovial sarcoma in children and adolescents: the St Jude Children's Research Hospital experience. J Clin Oncol 12 (11): 2360-6, 1994. [PUBMED Abstract]
88. Marcus KC, Grier HE, Shamberger RC, et al.: Childhood soft tissue sarcoma: a 20-year experience. J Pediatr 131 (4): 603-7, 1997. [PUBMED Abstract]
89. Pratt CB, Pappo AS, Gieser P, et al.: Role of adjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of surgically resected pediatric nonrhabdomyosarcomatous soft tissue sarcomas: A Pediatric Oncology Group Study. J Clin Oncol 17 (4): 1219, 1999. [PUBMED Abstract]
90. Pratt CB, Maurer HM, Gieser P, et al.: Treatment of unresectable or metastatic pediatric soft tissue sarcomas with surgery, irradiation, and chemotherapy: a Pediatric Oncology Group study. Med Pediatr Oncol 30 (4): 201-9, 1998. [PUBMED Abstract]

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Clinical staging has an important role in predicting the clinical outcome and determining the most effective therapy for pediatric soft tissue sarcomas. As yet, there is no well-accepted staging system that is applicable to all childhood sarcomas. The system from the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) that is used for adults has not been validated in pediatric studies.

Although a standardized staging system for pediatric nonrhabdomyosarcomatous soft tissue sarcomas (NRSTS) does not exist, two systems are currently in use for staging pediatric NRSTS:[1]

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16. Pratt CB, Maurer HM, Gieser P, et al.: Treatment of unresectable or metastatic pediatric soft tissue sarcomas with surgery, irradiation, and chemotherapy: a Pediatric Oncology Group study. Med Pediatr Oncol 30 (4): 201-9, 1998. [PUBMED Abstract]
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18. Spunt SL, Million L, Chi YY, et al.: A risk-based treatment strategy for non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft-tissue sarcomas in patients younger than 30 years (ARST0332): a Children's Oncology Group prospective study. Lancet Oncol 21 (1): 145-161, 2020. [PUBMED Abstract]
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Because of the rarity of pediatric nonrhabdomyosarcomatous soft tissue sarcomas (NRSTS), treatment should be coordinated by a multidisciplinary team that includes oncologists (pediatric or medical), pathologists, surgeons, and radiation oncologists for all children, adolescents, and young adults with these tumors. In addition, to better define the tumors' natural history and response to therapy, entry into national or institutional treatment protocols should be considered for children with rare neoplasms. Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI website.

The Children's Oncology Group (COG) performed a prospective nonrandomized trial (ARST0332 [NCT00346164]) for patients with soft tissue sarcomas.[1]

Surgical resection of the primary tumor was classified as follows:

Patients were assigned to one of the following three risk groups:

The treatment groups were as follows:

Chemotherapy included six cycles of intravenous (IV) ifosfamide (3 g/m2 per dose) on days 1 through 3 and five cycles of IV doxorubicin (37.5 mg/m2 per dose) on days 1 to 2 every 3 weeks, with the sequence adjusted on the basis of timing of surgery or radiation therapy.

The analysis included 529 evaluable patients: low risk (n = 222), intermediate risk (n = 227), and high risk (n = 80). Patients underwent surgery alone (n = 205), radiation therapy (n = 17), chemoradiation therapy (n = 111), and neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy (n = 196).

At a median follow-up of 6.5 years (interquartile range [IQR], 4.9–7.9), the 5-year event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) rates, by risk group, were as follows:

The authors concluded that pretreatment clinical features can be used to effectively define treatment failure risk and stratify young patients with NRSTS for risk-adapted therapy. Most low-risk patients can be cured without adjuvant therapy, avoiding known long-term treatment complications. Survival remains suboptimal for intermediate-risk and high-risk patients, and novel therapies are needed for these patients.

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26. Zagars GK, Ballo MT, Pisters PW, et al.: Preoperative vs. postoperative radiation therapy for soft tissue sarcoma: a retrospective comparative evaluation of disease outcome. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 56 (2): 482-8, 2003. [PUBMED Abstract]
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Cancer in children and adolescents is rare, although the overall incidence has slowly increased since 1975.[1] Children and adolescents with cancer should be referred to medical centers that have a multidisciplinary team of cancer specialists with experience treating the cancers that occur during childhood and adolescence. This multidisciplinary team approach incorporates the skills of the following pediatric specialists and others to ensure that children receive treatment, supportive care, and rehabilitation to achieve optimal survival and quality of life:

For specific information about supportive care for children and adolescents with cancer, see the summaries on Supportive and Palliative Care.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has outlined guidelines for pediatric cancer centers and their role in the treatment of children and adolescents with cancer.[2] At these centers, clinical trials are available for most types of cancer that occur in children and adolescents, and the opportunity to participate is offered to most patients and their families. Multidisciplinary evaluation in pediatric cancer centers that have surgical and radiotherapeutic expertise is of critical importance to ensure the best clinical outcome for these patients. Although surgery with or without radiation therapy can be curative for a significant proportion of patients, the addition of chemotherapy might benefit subsets of children with the disease. Therefore, enrollment in clinical trials is encouraged. Clinical trials for children and adolescents with cancer are generally designed to compare potentially better therapy with current standard therapy. Other types of clinical trials test novel therapies when there is no standard therapy for a cancer diagnosis. Most of the progress in identifying curative therapies for childhood cancers has been achieved through clinical trials. Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI website.

Many therapeutic strategies for children and adolescents with soft tissue tumors are similar to those for adult patients, although there are important differences. For example, the biology of the neoplasm in pediatric patients may differ dramatically from that of the adult lesion. Additionally, limb-sparing procedures are more difficult to perform in pediatric patients. The morbidity associated with radiation therapy, particularly in infants and young children, may be much greater than that observed in adults.[3]

Improved outcomes with multimodality therapy in adults and children with soft tissue sarcomas over the past 20 years have caused increasing concern about the potential long-term side effects of this therapy in children. To maximize tumor control and minimize long-term morbidity, treatment must be individualized for children and adolescents with nonrhabdomyosarcomatous soft tissue sarcoma. These patients should be enrolled in prospective studies that accurately assess any potential complications.[4]

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Adipocytic tumors account for less than 10% of soft tissue lesions in patients younger than 20 years. The most common adipocytic tumors in children are lipomas and lipoblastomas.

Table 10 summarizes the adipocytic neoplasms seen in pediatric patients and includes information about their corresponding clinico-pathological and molecular features.[1]

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Chondro-osseous tumors have several subtypes, including the following:

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Fibroblastic and myofibroblastic tumors have several subtypes, including the following:

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85. Wegert J, Vokuhl C, Collord G, et al.: Recurrent intragenic rearrangements of EGFR and BRAF in soft tissue tumors of infants. Nat Commun 9 (1): 2378, 2018. [PUBMED Abstract]
86. Tan SY, Al-Ibraheemi A, Ahrens WA, et al.: ALK rearrangements in infantile fibrosarcoma-like spindle cell tumours of soft tissue and kidney. Histopathology 80 (4): 698-707, 2022. [PUBMED Abstract]
87. Motta M, Barresi S, Pizzi S, et al.: RAF1 gene fusions are recurrent driver events in infantile fibrosarcoma-like mesenchymal tumors. J Pathol 263 (2): 166-177, 2024. [PUBMED Abstract]
88. Orbach D, Rey A, Cecchetto G, et al.: Infantile fibrosarcoma: management based on the European experience. J Clin Oncol 28 (2): 318-23, 2010. [PUBMED Abstract]
89. Orbach D, Brennan B, De Paoli A, et al.: Conservative strategy in infantile fibrosarcoma is possible: The European paediatric Soft tissue sarcoma Study Group experience. Eur J Cancer 57: 1-9, 2016. [PUBMED Abstract]
90. Madden NP, Spicer RD, Allibone EB, et al.: Spontaneous regression of neonatal fibrosarcoma. Br J Cancer Suppl 18: S72-5, 1992. [PUBMED Abstract]
91. Hawkins DS, Black JO, Orbach D, et al.: Nonrhabdomyosarcoma soft-tissue sarcomas. In: Blaney SM, Helman LJ, Adamson PC, eds.: Pizzo and Poplack's Pediatric Oncology. 8th ed. Wolters Kluwer, 2020, pp 721-46.
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93. Akyüz C, Küpeli S, Varan A, et al.: Infantile fibrosarcoma: retrospective analysis of eleven patients. Tumori 97 (2): 166-9, 2011 Mar-Apr. [PUBMED Abstract]
94. Gallego S, Pericas N, Barber I, et al.: Infantile fibrosarcoma of the retroperitoneum: a site of unfavorable prognosis? Pediatr Hematol Oncol 28 (5): 451-3, 2011. [PUBMED Abstract]
95. Parida L, Fernandez-Pineda I, Uffman JK, et al.: Clinical management of infantile fibrosarcoma: a retrospective single-institution review. Pediatr Surg Int 29 (7): 703-8, 2013. [PUBMED Abstract]
96. Mody RJ, Wu YM, Lonigro RJ, et al.: Integrative Clinical Sequencing in the Management of Refractory or Relapsed Cancer in Youth. JAMA 314 (9): 913-25, 2015. [PUBMED Abstract]
97. Wong V, Pavlick D, Brennan T, et al.: Evaluation of a Congenital Infantile Fibrosarcoma by Comprehensive Genomic Profiling Reveals an LMNA-NTRK1 Gene Fusion Responsive to Crizotinib. J Natl Cancer Inst 108 (1): , 2016. [PUBMED Abstract]
98. Laetsch TW, DuBois SG, Mascarenhas L, et al.: Larotrectinib for paediatric solid tumours harbouring NTRK gene fusions: phase 1 results from a multicentre, open-label, phase 1/2 study. Lancet Oncol 19 (5): 705-714, 2018. [PUBMED Abstract]
99. Kummar S, Lassen UN: TRK Inhibition: A New Tumor-Agnostic Treatment Strategy. Target Oncol 13 (5): 545-556, 2018. [PUBMED Abstract]
100. Drilon A, Laetsch TW, Kummar S, et al.: Efficacy of Larotrectinib in TRK Fusion-Positive Cancers in Adults and Children. N Engl J Med 378 (8): 731-739, 2018. [PUBMED Abstract]
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102. Hong DS, DuBois SG, Kummar S, et al.: Larotrectinib in patients with TRK fusion-positive solid tumours: a pooled analysis of three phase 1/2 clinical trials. Lancet Oncol 21 (4): 531-540, 2020. [PUBMED Abstract]
103. Drilon A, Nagasubramanian R, Blake JF, et al.: A Next-Generation TRK Kinase Inhibitor Overcomes Acquired Resistance to Prior TRK Kinase Inhibition in Patients with TRK Fusion-Positive Solid Tumors. Cancer Discov 7 (9): 963-972, 2017. [PUBMED Abstract]
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105. Evans HL: Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma: a clinicopathologic study of 33 cases with long-term follow-up. Am J Surg Pathol 35 (10): 1450-62, 2011. [PUBMED Abstract]
106. Scheer M, Vokuhl C, Veit-Friedrich I, et al.: Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma: A report of the Cooperative Weichteilsarkom Studiengruppe (CWS). Pediatr Blood Cancer 67 (2): e28009, 2020. [PUBMED Abstract]
107. Fletcher CDM, Bridge JA, Hogendoorn P, et al., eds.: WHO Classification of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone. 4th ed. IARC Press, 2013.
108. Sargar K, Kao SC, Spunt SL, et al.: MRI and CT of Low-Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma in Children: A Report From Children's Oncology Group Study ARST0332. AJR Am J Roentgenol 205 (2): 414-20, 2015. [PUBMED Abstract]
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110. Mohamed M, Fisher C, Thway K: Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma: Clinical, morphologic and genetic features. Ann Diagn Pathol 28: 60-67, 2017. [PUBMED Abstract]
111. O'Sullivan MJ, Sirgi KE, Dehner LP: Low-grade fibrosarcoma (hyalinizing spindle cell tumor with giant rosettes) with pulmonary metastases at presentation: case report and review of the literature. Int J Surg Pathol 10 (3): 211-6, 2002. [PUBMED Abstract]
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120. Warmke LM, Meis JM: Sclerosing Epithelioid Fibrosarcoma: A Distinct Sarcoma With Aggressive Features. Am J Surg Pathol 45 (3): 317-328, 2021. [PUBMED Abstract]
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Skeletal muscle tumors have several subtypes, including the following:

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Peripheral nerve sheath tumors have several subtypes, including the following:

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Pericytic (perivascular) tumors have several subtypes, including the following:

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Tumors of uncertain differentiation have many subtypes, including the following:

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140. Davies DM, Johnson SR, Tattersfield AE, et al.: Sirolimus therapy in tuberous sclerosis or sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis. N Engl J Med 358 (2): 200-3, 2008. [PUBMED Abstract]
141. Agaram NP, Sung YS, Zhang L, et al.: Dichotomy of Genetic Abnormalities in PEComas With Therapeutic Implications. Am J Surg Pathol 39 (6): 813-25, 2015. [PUBMED Abstract]
142. Armah HB, Parwani AV: Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor. Arch Pathol Lab Med 133 (4): 648-54, 2009. [PUBMED Abstract]
143. Alaggio R, Cecchetto G, Martignoni G, et al.: Malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumor in children: description of a case and review of the literature. J Pediatr Surg 47 (6): e31-40, 2012. [PUBMED Abstract]
144. Wagner AJ, Malinowska-Kolodziej I, Morgan JA, et al.: Clinical activity of mTOR inhibition with sirolimus in malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumors: targeting the pathogenic activation of mTORC1 in tumors. J Clin Oncol 28 (5): 835-40, 2010. [PUBMED Abstract]
145. Wagner AJ, Ravi V, Riedel RF, et al.: nab-Sirolimus for Patients With Malignant Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumors. J Clin Oncol 39 (33): 3660-3670, 2021. [PUBMED Abstract]
146. Laetsch TW, Roy A, Xu L, et al.: Undifferentiated Sarcomas in Children Harbor Clinically Relevant Oncogenic Fusions and Gene Copy-Number Alterations: A Report from the Children's Oncology Group. Clin Cancer Res 24 (16): 3888-3897, 2018. [PUBMED Abstract]
147. Randall RL, Albritton KH, Ferney BJ, et al.: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of soft tissue: an abandoned diagnosis. Am J Orthop 33 (12): 602-8, 2004. [PUBMED Abstract]
148. Fletcher CDM, Bridge JA, Hogendoorn P, et al., eds.: WHO Classification of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone. 4th ed. IARC Press, 2013.
149. Alaggio R, Collini P, Randall RL, et al.: Undifferentiated high-grade pleomorphic sarcomas in children: a clinicopathologic study of 10 cases and review of literature. Pediatr Dev Pathol 13 (3): 209-17, 2010 May-Jun. [PUBMED Abstract]
150. Daw NC, Billups CA, Pappo AS, et al.: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma and other fibrohistiocytic tumors in pediatric patients: the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital experience. Cancer 97 (11): 2839-47, 2003. [PUBMED Abstract]
151. Bjerkehagen B, Smeland S, Walberg L, et al.: Radiation-induced sarcoma: 25-year experience from the Norwegian Radium Hospital. Acta Oncol 47 (8): 1475-82, 2008. [PUBMED Abstract]
152. Le Guellec S, Chibon F, Ouali M, et al.: Are peripheral purely undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcomas with MDM2 amplification dedifferentiated liposarcomas? Am J Surg Pathol 38 (3): 293-304, 2014. [PUBMED Abstract]
153. Tawbi HA, Burgess M, Bolejack V, et al.: Pembrolizumab in advanced soft-tissue sarcoma and bone sarcoma (SARC028): a multicentre, two-cohort, single-arm, open-label, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol 18 (11): 1493-1501, 2017. [PUBMED Abstract]

Vascular tumors vary from hemangiomas, which are always considered benign, to angiosarcomas, which are highly malignant.[1] Malignant vascular tumors include the following subtypes:

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Standard treatment options for metastatic childhood soft tissue sarcoma include the following:

For treatment options, see the individual tumor type sections of the summary.

The prognosis for children with metastatic soft tissue sarcomas is poor.[1-6] These children should receive combined treatment with chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgical resection of pulmonary metastases. In a prospective randomized trial, chemotherapy with vincristine, dactinomycin, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide, with or without dacarbazine, led to tumor responses in one-third of patients with unresectable or metastatic disease. However, the estimated 4-year survival rate was poor. Less than one-third of children survived.[6-8]

Targeted (stereotactic body) radiation therapy is an option for sites of metastasis, particularly the lung.[9] Targeted radiation therapy is also an option for local control or sites of metastasis, including the lungs, bones, and brain,[10,11] particularly in patients for whom the morbidity of resection is a concern or whose life expectancy is limited.[9]

In a prospective trial of children with metastatic soft tissue sarcoma, patients were randomly assigned to receive multiagent chemotherapy with or without the addition of bevacizumab.[12] There was no difference in event-free survival or overall survival between the two study arms.

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With the possible exception of infants with infantile fibrosarcoma, the prognosis for patients with progressive or recurrent disease is poor. No prospective trial has demonstrated that enhanced local control of pediatric soft tissue sarcomas will ultimately improve survival. Therefore, treatment should be individualized for the site of recurrence, biological characteristics of the tumor (e.g., grade, invasiveness, and size), previous therapies, and individual patient considerations. All patients with recurrent tumors should consider participating in clinical trials.

Published results of two studies addressed the outcomes of children with relapsed synovial sarcoma. Most patients in one study had distant relapse (29 of 44 patients),[1] while most patients in the second study had local relapse (27 of 37 patients).[2] Distant recurrence was a poor prognostic variable, while tumor resectability at relapse (as manifested by extremity recurrence) was associated with a better outcome in both studies.

Resection is the standard treatment for recurrent pediatric nonrhabdomyosarcomatous soft tissue sarcomas. If the patient has not yet received radiation therapy, postoperative radiation should be considered after local excision of the recurrent tumor. Limb-sparing procedures with postoperative brachytherapy have been evaluated in adults but have not been studied extensively in children. For some children with extremity sarcomas who have received previous radiation therapy, amputation may be the only therapeutic option.

Treatment options for progressive or recurrent disease include the following:

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8. Le Cesne A, Cresta S, Maki RG, et al.: A retrospective analysis of antitumour activity with trabectedin in translocation-related sarcomas. Eur J Cancer 48 (16): 3036-44, 2012. [PUBMED Abstract]
9. Garcia-Carbonero R, Supko JG, Maki RG, et al.: Ecteinascidin-743 (ET-743) for chemotherapy-naive patients with advanced soft tissue sarcomas: multicenter phase II and pharmacokinetic study. J Clin Oncol 23 (24): 5484-92, 2005. [PUBMED Abstract]
10. Garcia-Carbonero R, Supko JG, Manola J, et al.: Phase II and pharmacokinetic study of ecteinascidin 743 in patients with progressive sarcomas of soft tissues refractory to chemotherapy. J Clin Oncol 22 (8): 1480-90, 2004. [PUBMED Abstract]
11. van der Graaf WT, Blay JY, Chawla SP, et al.: Pazopanib for metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma (PALETTE): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet 379 (9829): 1879-86, 2012. [PUBMED Abstract]
12. Glade Bender JL, Lee A, Reid JM, et al.: Phase I pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study of pazopanib in children with soft tissue sarcoma and other refractory solid tumors: a children's oncology group phase I consortium report. J Clin Oncol 31 (24): 3034-43, 2013. [PUBMED Abstract]
13. Casanova M, Basso E, Magni C, et al.: Response to pazopanib in two pediatric patients with pretreated relapsing synovial sarcoma. Tumori 103 (1): e1-e3, 2017. [PUBMED Abstract]
14. Tawbi HA, Burgess M, Bolejack V, et al.: Pembrolizumab in advanced soft-tissue sarcoma and bone sarcoma (SARC028): a multicentre, two-cohort, single-arm, open-label, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol 18 (11): 1493-1501, 2017. [PUBMED Abstract]

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Treatment of Fibroblastic and Myofibroblastic Tumors

Added text about the results of a retrospective, international, multicenter study that analyzed patients younger than 21 years with ROS1-altered inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors who were enrolled in either the European paediatric Soft Tissue Sarcoma Study Group NRSTS-2005 study or the Soft Tissue Sarcoma Registry (cited Schoot et al. as reference 70).

Treatment of Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors

Added text to state that most malignant triton tumors are reported in adults, although they may also arise in children and adolescents (cited de Traux de Wardin et al. as reference 26).

Added text to state that distinguishing between malignant triton tumors and NF1-altered rhabdomyosarcomas can be difficult. The genomic characteristics of malignant triton tumors can aid in differentiating between the two tumors. CDKN2A deep deletions and loss-of-function alterations in genes of the PRC2 complex are commonly observed in malignant triton tumors, while they are uncommon in NF1-altered rhabdomyosarcomas. The loss of PRC2 function leads to loss of H3K27me3 expression, a finding that is common in malignant triton tumors. H3K27me3 expression is generally maintained in rhabdomyosarcomas (cited Schaefer et al. and Hornick et al. as references 27 and 28, respectively).

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