Sarcoma –The standard-bearer in cancer discovery

In battle, the standard-bearer honorarily carries the flag, which represents the nobility and purpose of continuing the fight. In the war on cancer many advances have been made that surround the more common cancers such as breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, and lung cancer. However, there are these rare tumors of mesenchymal origin, sarcomas, which have disproportionately advanced the front lines of our understanding of cancer mechanisms. It is because of sarcoma research that we even know what oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes are.
Source: Critical Reviews in Oncology Hematology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Source Type: research