The Role of Radiotherapy for Sarcoma

Sarcomas are rare cancers. They consist of soft tissue and bone tumours. Soft tissue sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of mesenchymal tumours that can arise anywhere in the body, most commonly in the extremity. Radiotherapy is an integral part of the multi-disciplinary management of soft tissue sarcoma. Its role in primary bone tumours is evolving. With continuing technological advancement and improving radiobiological understanding, stereotactic radiotherapy has shown early promising results in osteosarcoma and chondrosarcoma.