When my 40-year-old husband, James, was diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma in November 2014, we were completely shocked. Although there had been cancer in his immediate family, we never thought James would have cancer. The most shocking part was that James's specific type of sarcoma, desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT), is a rare and aggressive form of sarcoma that's usually only seen in kids. Naturally, James was upset, confused...
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