Bone & Soft Tissue Cancers (Sarcoma)

Among the rarest types of cancer, bone and soft tissue cancers—also known as sarcomas—require expert treatment from highly trained oncologists. That’s why you want to work with the cancer specialists in the Bone and Soft Tissue Cancers Program at OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center in Oklahoma City.

Nationally Recognized Bone & Soft Tissue Cancers Care

At Stephenson Cancer Center, Oklahoma’s only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Designated Cancer Center, you’ll collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of cancer experts for accurate diagnosis, innovative treatment and effective management of bone and soft tissue cancers. You benefit from the latest advanced imaging technology to support the precise diagnosis that helps identify and treat your condition as early as possible.

Bone & Soft Tissue Cancers We Treat

At Stephenson Cancer Center, you’ll find exceptional care and treatment for all types of bone and soft tissue cancers, including:

• Benign bone tumors
• Benign soft tissue tumors
• Bone metastases
• Bone sarcoma
• Chondrosarcoma
• Ewing sarcoma
• Fibrosarcoma
• Giant cell tumor
• Leiomyosarcoma
• Liposarcoma
• Malignant fibrous histiocytoma
• Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor
• Osteosarcoma
• Pathologic fractures
• Rhabdomyosarcoma
• Soft tissue sarcoma
• Synovial sarcoma

Comprehensive Services for Bone & Soft Tissue Cancers

You and your OU Health cancer care team actively collaborate to address your concerns and create a personalized plan that fits your specific needs, including treatment options such as:

• Chemotherapy
• Radiation therapy
• Osteotomy – Procedure to shift the positioning of one or more bones
• Soft tissue surgery, including possible limb salvage or amputation, revision of tumor prostheses, bone decompression or bone graft

Cancer Surgery at OU Health

Learn more about cancer surgery at Stephenson Cancer Center and explore other surgery services at OU Health.

Cancer Navigation Services

Throughout your journey at Stephenson Cancer Center, your care team includes a nurse navigator, a specially trained registered nurse (RN) who acts as your personal advocate and adds an extra layer of support. Learn more about cancer navigation services.

Supportive Care Services

You also gain access to extensive supportive care services, such as genetic counseling, nutritional therapy, support groups, palliative care, cancer education workshops, and symptom and pain management. And you’ll find all your cancer-related services in a bright, welcoming, up-to-date facility close to home and designed for your comfort and convenience.

Direct Access to Clinical Trials

Ask your doctor or care team if you may qualify for experimental treatments in clinical trials coordinated through OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center, one of only 71 healthcare facilities in the nation identified as a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer center and a member of the National Cancer Institute’s National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN). At Stephenson, you benefit from access to the latest therapies and more cancer clinical trials than anywhere else in Oklahoma.

Multidisciplinary Cancer Care Team

From your first contact with Stephenson Cancer Center, you become a vital part of our multidisciplinary team approach that brings you together with cancer specialists, such as medical oncologists, cancer surgeons, pathologists, orthopedists, radiologists and others, to ensure you receive the best care for your particular condition.