"Leiomyosarcoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A sarcoma containing large spindle cells of smooth muscle. Although it rarely occurs in soft tissue, it is common in the viscera. It is the most common soft tissue sarcoma of the gastrointestinal tract and uterus. The median age of patients is 60 years. (From Dorland, 27th ed; Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1865)
| Descriptor ID |
D007890
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.590.455 C04.557.450.795.455
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| Concept/Terms |
Leiomyosarcoma, Epithelioid- Leiomyosarcoma, Epithelioid
- Epithelioid Leiomyosarcoma
- Epithelioid Leiomyosarcomas
- Leiomyosarcomas, Epithelioid
Leiomyosarcoma, Myxoid- Leiomyosarcoma, Myxoid
- Leiomyosarcomas, Myxoid
- Myxoid Leiomyosarcoma
- Myxoid Leiomyosarcomas
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Leiomyosarcoma" by people in this website by year, and whether "Leiomyosarcoma" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2000 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2004 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2013 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leiomyosarcoma" by people in Profiles.
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Clinical Variables Influencing Outcomes in Patients with Atypical Intradermal Smooth Muscle Neoplasms (Formerly Cutaneous Leiomyosarcomas): Single-Institution Study of 95 Surgical Patients. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Nov; 31(12):7950-7956.
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Loss of the DNA Repair Gene RNase H2 Identifies a Unique Subset of DDR-Deficient Leiomyosarcomas. Mol Cancer Ther. 2024 Jul 02; 23(7):1057-1065.
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Safety and efficacy of percutaneous image-guided ablation for soft tissue sarcoma metastases to the liver. Cancer. 2024 Aug 01; 130(15):2703-2712.
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Phase I Study of mTORC1/2 Inhibitor Sapanisertib (CB-228/TAK-228) in Combination with Metformin in Patients with mTOR/AKT/PI3K Pathway Alterations and Advanced Solid Malignancies. Cancer Res Commun. 2024 02 12; 4(2):378-387.
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Hormone receptor status and the role of oophorectomy in uterine leiomyosarcoma. Gynecol Oncol. 2022 Dec; 167(3):490-495.
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Integrative Genomic and Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals a Differential Molecular Signature in Uterine Leiomyoma versus Leiomyosarcoma. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Feb 16; 23(4).
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Current update on IVC leiomyosarcoma. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2021 11; 46(11):5284-5296.
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Second Malignancies after Radiation Therapy: Update on Pathogenesis and Cross-sectional Imaging Findings. Radiographics. 2021 May-Jun; 41(3):876-894.
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Relationships between highly recurrent tumor suppressor alterations in 489 leiomyosarcomas. Cancer. 2021 08 01; 127(15):2666-2673.
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Differences in gynecologic tumor development in Amhr2-Cre mice with KRASG12D or KRASG12V mutations. Sci Rep. 2020 11 26; 10(1):20678.