Novel laboratory models pave the way for targeted therapies for childhood sarcomas

Novel laboratory models pave the way for targeted therapies for childhood sarcomas

Sarcomas are rare but aggressive cancers that are the third most common type of cancer in children and adolescents after blood cancer and brain tumors. Soft tissue sarcomas, which arise from connective, muscle or fatty tissue, pose particular challenges for research: their enormous biological diversity and the lack of suitable preclinical models have significantly hampered the development of effective treatment approaches for decades. Compared t…