Leiomyosarcoma natural history

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Natural History

The prognosis of leiomyosarcoma is poor and it depends on the following:

Whether or not the tumor can be removed by surgery
The stage of the sarcoma: the size of the tumor, whether the sarcoma has spread outside the internal organ
The patient’s general health