"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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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leiomyosarcoma" by people in Profiles.
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Incidence, Tumor Characteristics, and Prognostic Factors of Dermal and Subcutaneous Leiomyosarcoma of the Skin: A Retrospective Analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database. Dermatol Surg. 2026 Feb 01; 52(2):101-107.
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Pulmonary "Inflammatory Leiomyosarcomas" Are Indolent Tumors With Diploid Genomes and No Convincing Rhabdomyoblastic Differentiation. Am J Surg Pathol. 2022 03 01; 46(3):424-433.
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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.
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Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction due to a leiomyosarcoma. Ann Card Anaesth. 2020 Jul-Sep; 23(3):338-339.
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Characterizing the efficacy and trends of adjuvant therapy versus observation in women with early stage (uterine confined) leiomyosarcoma: a National Cancer Database study. J Gynecol Oncol. 2020 May; 31(3):e21.
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Resection of retroperitoneal sarcoma en-bloc with inferior vena cava: 20 year outcomes of a single institution. J Surg Oncol. 2018 Jul; 118(1):127-137.
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Progressive loss of myogenic differentiation in leiomyosarcoma has prognostic value. Histopathology. 2015 Apr; 66(5):627-38.
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Three-dimensional computational analysis of optical coherence tomography images for the detection of soft tissue sarcomas. J Biomed Opt. 2014 Feb; 19(2):21102.
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Renal vein leiomyosarcoma: imaging and clinical features of a renal cell carcinoma mimic. Abdom Imaging. 2013 Apr; 38(2):379-87.
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Long telomeres in peripheral blood leukocytes are associated with an increased risk of soft tissue sarcoma. Cancer. 2013 May 15; 119(10):1885-91.