July 10- Between 1,500 and 1,700 children are diagnosed with a bone or soft tissue sarcoma in the U.S. each year. This makes up about 15% of cancers in children under the age of 20.

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July 9-Sarcomas are notorious for recurring and metastasizing

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July 8-If a Soft tissue Sarcoma is caught early and not left its point of origin, the survival rate can be as high as 81%; if the sarcoma spreads to another area of the body, the 5 year survival rate falls to 16%

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July 7-Sarcomas are rare in adults and make up approximately 1% of all adult cancer diagnoses but are relatively more common among children representing between 15- 21% of all childhood cancers.

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July 6- At any one time over 50,000 patients and their families are dealing with Sarcoma with more than 18,000 new diagnoses every year. More than 7,000 people die each year in the US due to a Sarcoma Cancer

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July 5- Sarcomas are divided into two main subgroups, soft tissue sarcomas and bone sarcoma. They are further subclassed based on the type of presumed cell of origin found in the tumor

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Sarcoma is actually an umbrella term for over 100 cancers originating in the skeleton or soft tissue parts of the body.

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Deemed a “forgotten cancer” because of its rarity, sarcomas are cancers that start in bone, muscle, connective tissue, blood vessels or fat, and can be found anywhere in the body.

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Because they are so rare and can take multiple forms in multiple locations, sarcomas are difficult to detect and often misdiagnosed.

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Sarcoma's cancer ribbon color is yellow.

Because of how many forms of Sarcoma there are and how many varieties of Sunflowers there are, Sunflowers are used in many Sarcoma support communities

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