Sarcoma is a rare cancer of bones and connective tissue. Connective tissue refers to highly specialised group of issues that maintain the form of body and provide internal support. For example, the muscles, bones, adipose tissue (fat), cartilage, ligaments etc are all a type of connective tissue. So any cancer arising from muscles, bones, fat etc is termed Sarcoma.
Around 50 years back, sarcoma was synonymous with amputation (cutting the limb), but with the improvements in chemotherapeutic regimes, surgical techniques and imaging modalities, limb salvage surgeries have become the standard of care for patients of sarcoma. Limb salvage surgery (LSS) technically means removing the tumour enbloc (in one piece) with a cuff of normal tissue while preserving the limb along with its function.
