A multicenter collaboration led by the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) – Institut Català d’Oncologia (ICO) and the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) identified a potential new treatment for an aggressive sarcoma arising in the nerves. The findings have been published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research.
A rare aggressive tumor arising in the nerves
It may sound strange, but tumors may also arise in the nerves. This is the case of the malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST), an aggressive sarcoma with a high tendency to metastasise. Sarcomas are a group of tumors originating from cells of the connective tissue, like bone, cartilage, muscle, fat or the nerve sheath, where MPNSTs arise. About 50% of MPNSTs appear in the general population, while the other…