Definitions
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- noun medicine Any
malignant tumour that originates inadipose tissue
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun sarcoma of fat cells
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Examples
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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This particular type of cancer is called liposarcoma.
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They are suffering now from a liposarcoma, a facial tissue disease that hits the face and destroys it.
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They are suffering now from a liposarcoma, a facial tissue disease that hits the face and destroys it.
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They are suffering now from a liposarcoma, a facial tissue disease that hits the face and destroys it.
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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
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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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