Spotlight on rare tumors in hunt for new cancer treatments

New breakthrough treatments for the most common cancers could soon come from cutting-edge research into some of the world's rarest tumors.At the ESMO Conference on Sarcoma and GIST, to be held in Milan, Italy, on March 9-10, 2010, researchers and some of the world's leading experts will discuss exciting new science on sarcomas -- a group of rare tumors found in muscle, blood vessels, deep skin tissues, nerves and the tissues around joints.