Rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare type of soft tissue sarcoma that develops in the skeletal muscles. The disease is most common in children and adolescents. But rhabdomyosarcoma can affect adults, too. And adult rhabdomyosarcoma is often more difficult to treat.

We spoke with sarcoma medical oncologist Andy Livingston, M.D., to learn more about adult rhabdomyosarcoma. He shares the different types of adult rhabdomyosarcoma, how the type...

Uterine fibroids are smooth-muscle tumors that develop in the thick muscular walls of the uterus. We don’t know for certain what causes them, but they happen when individual smooth-muscle cells start growing out of control.

But are uterine fibroids the same thing as endometrial cancer? What are their symptoms, and how are they diagnosed?

Read on for answers to these and four more questions I often hear about uterine fibroids...