Here you can find a full list of sarcoma subtypes.
There are new subtypes of sarcoma that we are learning about every day.
We’re also regularly updating our information, so if you don’t see information about a subtype of sarcoma yet, revisit this page at a later date to check if any more types have been added.
Can’t see your subtype here? While some types of cancer have sarcoma in their name (e.g. histiocytic sarcoma, carcinosarcoma, and gliosarcoma), these tumours don’t behave in the same way as sarcomas. These cancers are treated by the teams specialising in the site on the body that they are present, rather than sarcoma teams.
For more information, you can call our friendly team of expert nurses on the Sarcoma UK Support Line, who will try to answer any questions you may have.
A
Abdominal fibromatosis
Adenosarcoma
Angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma
Angiomyoliposarcoma
Angiomyosarcoma
B
C
D
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP)
Desmoplastic small round cell tumour
E
Embryonal sarcoma
Epithelioid haemangioendothelioma
Epithelioid leiomyosarcoma
Extraskeletal chondrosarcoma
Extraskeletal clear cell chondrosarcoma
Extraskeletal dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma
Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma
Extraskeletal osteosarcoma
F
Fibroblastic liposarcoma
Fibrosarcomatous dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
Fibrous histiocytoma
G
Gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST)
Giant cell fibroblastoma
Giant cell tumour of soft parts
Glomangiomatosis (pericytic tumours)
Glomus tumour
Granular cell tumour
H
Haemangioendothelioma
Haemangiopericytoma
I
Infantine fibrosarcoma
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour
K
L
M
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST)
Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma
Myoepithelial carcinoma
Myofibromatosis
Myosarcoma
O
P
Perineurioma
Phyllodes tumour
Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumour (PHAT)
Plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumour
R
Retiform haemangioendothelioma
Rhabdoid tumours
S
U
Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma
Undifferentiated round cell sarcoma
Undifferentiated sarcoma
