Cutting-Edge Care for All Types of Sarcomas
Sarcoma is a type of cancer that affects the bones and soft tissues of the body. Our USC Sarcoma Program specialists deliver expert care and advanced treatments for all types of sarcomas. We are ranked among the top cancer programs in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Our best-in-class specialists coordinate your care from diagnosis to treatment to recovery. Our sarcoma experts work closely with specialists in surgery, orthopedic surgery, radiation and medical oncology, pathology and musculoskeletal radiology to deliver integrated care. We are helping pioneer innovative sarcoma treatments through our collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) cooperative groups and pharmaceutical partners. As an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, we offer a level of expertise found only in the top cancer centers across the country.
Sarcoma Treatment Tailored Just for You
We focus on understanding your condition and designing a treatment plan tailored to your unique sarcoma type and stage. Our team offers access to a combination of effective treatment options, including surgery, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapies and clinical trials evaluating novel therapeutics. If surgery is required, we specialize in advanced techniques to remove tumors and preserve your limbs. We offer a wide range of advanced treatment therapies for sarcoma, including intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), cryoablation and bloodless surgical options.
We focus on unique, minimally invasive surgical interventions to not only ablate a lesion but also to support and reconstruct bone defects using your own bone. We are also able to use unique prosthetic devices to reconstruct not only large segments of bone but large segments of bone and joints together, as well as soft tissue reconstructions using allograft soft tissues.
Why Choose Us for Sarcoma Care
- Our doctors have decades of experience in sarcoma treatment.
- We have the most experienced multidisciplinary sarcoma team in Southern California.
Multiple studies have documented that patient outcomes are better at sarcoma centers with multidisciplinary teams and high patient volumes like we have at Keck Medicine of USC.
Conditions We Treat
- All types of sarcomas
- Chondrosarcoma
- Ewing’s sarcoma
- Osteosarcoma
- Soft tissue sarcoma
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)
- Leiomyosarcoma
- Liposarcoma
- Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Synovial sarcoma
Treatments We Offer
- Chemotherapy
- Cryoablation
- Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
- Radiation therapy
- Surgery, including bloodless surgical options
- Targeted therapy