Overview

NCI Definition: An undifferentiated soft tissue sarcoma characterized by the presence of a pleomorphic malignant cellular infiltrate. It is also known as malignant fibrous histiocytoma. [1]

Significant Genes in Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma

AKT1 +

AKT2 +

AKT3 +

CRKL +

MTOR +

MYCN +

PDGFRA +

PIK3CA +

PIK3CG +

PIK3R1 +

PIK3R2 +

PTEN +

RICTOR +

RPTOR +

TSC1 +

TSC2 +

Disease Details

Synonyms
HISTIOCYTOMA, FIBROUS, MALIGNANT, Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Soft Tissue and Bone, Malignant Fibroxanthoma, UPS, Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma, MFH, Unclassified Pleomorphic Sarcoma (Formerly "MFH"), Storiform-Pleomorphic Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma, Unclassified Pleomorphic Sarcoma (Formerly "Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma"), Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Soft Tissue and Bone, malignant fibrous cytoma, Fibroxanthosarcoma, Unclassified Pleomorphic Sarcoma, Storiform-Pleomorphic Fibrous Histiocytoma, Storiform-Pleomorphic MFH, Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Parent(s)
Undifferentiated/Unclassified Sarcoma
Children
Malignant Fibroxanthoma, Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma with Osteoclast-Like Giant Cells, Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma, Inflammatory Variant, Cutaneous Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma, and Undifferentiated High Grade Pleomorphic Sarcoma of Bone
OncoTree Name
Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma/Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma/High-Grade Spindle Cell Sarcoma
OncoTree Code
MFH

References

1. National Cancer Institute. NCI Thesaurus Version 18.11d. https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ [2018-08-28]. [2018-09-21].

2. The AACR Project GENIE Consortium. AACR Project GENIE: powering precision medicine through an international consortium. Cancer Discovery. 2017;7(8):818-831. Dataset Version 8. This dataset does not represent the totality of the genetic landscape; see paper for more information.

3. All assertions and clinical trial landscape data are curated from primary sources. You can read more about the curation process here.