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Physician Data Query database [PDQ]   

http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/pdq/pdq_treatment.shtml

PDQ - NCI's Comprehensive Cancer Database

PDQ Cancer Information Summaries 

PDQ Clinical Trials Database 

Directories of Health Professionals and Organizations, Cancer Care 

PDQ Treatment summaries contain prognostic and treatment information on major types of cancer.  Health professional versions of the summaries provide detailed information on prognosis, staging, and treatment for each disease, refer to key citations in the literature, and link to abstracts forthe citations. Most PDQ treatment summaries are also available in patient versions, written in easy-to-understand, non-technical language.                                                                                                                                

Go to the site: http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/pdq/pdq_treatment.shtml

Look up: Sarcoma, Soft Tissue, Adult 

There will be two choices underneath... patient, and health professional.  The difference is in the level of writing.  Nothing on this site is classified or restricted or under copyright. Download both.   Read the patient file first.  If you understand it, then go on to read the health professional's file.  
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These PDQ files are NOT specifically  Leiomyosarcoma files.  And leiomyosarcomas do not necessarily act or react the same as other sarcomas.  But for introductory and general outline purposes, these are useful files.  This is a file that you can take to your GP for further discussion and explanation, and to your sarcoma oncologist, too, if necessary.  They are updated regularly.

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Using CancerMail, you may request, in English or Spanish:- PDQ Cancer Information Summaries- NCI Fact Sheets- CANCERLIT Citations and Abstracts on selected topics- Recent NCI Press Releases- Selected NCI Publications   