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  • noun medicine Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue

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  • noun sarcoma of fat cells

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Examples

  • When Richard Crusoe was diagnosed with a rare form of soft tissue cancer called liposarcoma, the retired firefighter and his family pinned their hopes of slowing the cancer's advance on a drug that was being tested in a clinical trial.

    Health-care law guarantees insurance coverage for patients in clinical trials 2010

  • Susan Harris, 46, of Asheville, N.C., was self-employed and uninsured when she was diagnosed with a type of cancer called liposarcoma in 2003.

    Facing a Choice Between Home 2008

  • Well, we put that question to some oncologists and this is what they said -- they said, look, this type of tumor -- which is called the liposarcoma -- they say it is not unusual for people to have this inside of them, 40 pounds, 50 pounds, and not know it because it grows so slowly.

    CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2008 2008

  • A couple of years ago my partner Zachary had a benign fatty tumor, a liposarcoma, removed from his elbow.

    Returned to Life Walter Jon Williams 2009

  • This particular type of cancer is called liposarcoma.

    CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2008 2008

  • They are suffering now from a liposarcoma, a facial tissue disease that hits the face and destroys it.

    CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2007 2007

  • They are suffering now from a liposarcoma, a facial tissue disease that hits the face and destroys it.

    CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2007 2007

  • They are suffering now from a liposarcoma, a facial tissue disease that hits the face and destroys it.

    CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2007 2007

  • Brown was diagnosed with lipoma, a noncancerous condition in 2007, but submitted 29 false claims for liposarcoma - a cancerous condition that affects fatty tissue.

    The Seattle Times 2012

  • Initiation of Phase 2 study of IPI-504 for advance de-differentiated liposarcoma

    Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha Justin M. Hall 2010

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