Table 1 Factors and exposures currently believed to be related to the development of various sarcoma subtypes
From: Undifferentiated epithelioid sarcoma presenting as a fever of unknown origin: a case report
Risk factors | |
|---|---|
Environmental exposure | Ionizing radiation exposure |
Phenoxyacetic acids | |
Chlorophenol | |
Vinyl chloride | |
Dioxins | |
Infectious agents | HIV |
HHV8 | |
Genetic conditions | Li–Fraumeni syndrome |
Neurofibromatosis type 1 | |
Retinoblastoma (13q14) | |
Paget disease | |
Werner syndrome | |
Bloom syndrome | |
Gardner syndrome | |