Sarcoma

In the early stages, patients with sarcomas may not have any noticeable symptoms. In later stages, symptoms may include:

• Weight loss
• Loss of appetite
• Prolonged fever
• Long-lasting bone pain
• Noticeable lumps, masses or growths • Swelling in the arms or legs that get worse at night • Symptoms related to the site of sarcoma such as fullness upon eating, indigestion, and gastric pain when a stomach sarcoma is present, or bleeding from the vagina when a uterus sarcoma is present

When to see a doctor:

• Noticeable lumps, masses or growths
• Painless masses that become painful
• Masses or growths that increase in size
• Masses larger than a golf ball (around 5cm)
• If a child has bone pain that does not get better and that did not occur as a result of injury