Treatment of Recurrent Soft Tissue Sarcoma

For information about the treatments listed below, see Treatment Option Overview. To learn about the cancer stages, see Stages of Soft Tissue Sarcoma.

Treatment of recurrent soft tissue sarcoma may include the following:

• Surgery (wide local excision) with or without radiation therapy.
• Surgery (amputation; rarely done).
• Surgery to remove cancer that has recurred in the lungs.
• Targeted therapy with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (pazopanib or imatinib).
• Chemotherapy.
• A clinical trial of an immune checkpoint inhibitor (pembrolizumab, nivolumab, or ipilimumab).

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