Dr. Igor Matushansky: Soft-Tissue Sarcomas—What You Need to Know
Dr. Igor Matushansky: Soft-Tissue Sarcomas—What You Need to Know
Interview by L Scott Zoeller
20110718
2011 Aug 18
OncologySTAT Editorial Team
Dr. Igor Matushansky: Soft-Tissue Sarcomas—What You Need to Know
OncologySTAT Editorial Team. 2011 Aug 18, Interview by L Scott Zoeller
Dr. Matushansky is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. OncologySTAT: Would you discuss diagnosis and classification of soft tissue sarcomas? How are adult sarcomas different from childhood sarcomas?Dr. Matushansky: Pathologically, soft tissue sarcomas are still classified as they were in the twentieth century. Usually patients will present with a soft tissue mass, which they will feel either as a bump or a lump....