Notable Patients
- Runner Terry Fox died from osteosarcoma.
- Actor Robert Urich died from synovial sarcoma.
- Actress Michelle Thomas died from desmoplastic small-round-cell tumor, a rare abdominal soft-tissue sarcoma.
- It Is Written evangelist Henry Feyerabend died from sarcoma in his leg.
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