Who is more likely to get soft tissue sarcoma
Soft tissue sarcoma is a rare cancer. It’s not always known what causes it.
You might be more likely to get it if you:
- are over the age of 65
- had radiotherapy in the past
- have HIV – if left untreated, HIV can cause a type of soft tissue sarcoma called Kaposi’s sarcoma
- have neurofibromatosis – a genetic condition that causes non-cancerous tumours to grow along the nerves
- have retinoblastoma – a rare type of childhood eye cancer