leiomyosarcoma in a sentence

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1. In very rare cases, malignant ( cancerous ) growths, leiomyosarcoma, of the myometrium can develop.
2. The rates have been estimated to be approximately 1 : 100 for leiomyoma variants and 1 : 500 for leiomyosarcoma.
3. Gastrointestinal leiomyosarcomas might come from smooth muscle in the GI tract or, alternatively, also from a blood vessel.
4. Thus a leiomyosarcoma can have a primary site of origin anywhere in the body where there is a blood vessel.
5. Substantially elevated risk of progression to or independent development of uterine leiomyosarcoma has been reported which may influence treatment methods.
6. Imaging modalities cannot clearly distinguish between the benign uterine leiomyoma and the malignant uterine leiomyosarcoma, however, the latter is quite rare.
7. Once rare, leiomyosarcoma has become the second most common cancer in HIV infected children but, for unknown reasons, not in adults.
8. In June 2007, Penner announced he would continue working as a Minister while receiving treatment for leiomyosarcoma, a rare type of cancer.
9. Some sarcomas, such as leiomyosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, and gastrointestinal stromal tumor ( GIST ), are more common in adults than in children.
10. Leiomyosarcoma is a rare form of cancer, and accounts for 5 10 % of soft-tissue sarcomas, which are in themselves relatively rare.