Leiomyosarcoma
LMS Compass helps you understand what leiomyosarcoma is, find clinicians and centers with real sarcoma experience, and search active treatment trials — without piecing together dozens of disconnected websites.
Specialist guidance • Active treatment trials • Trusted national resources
01 · Understanding LMS
Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a rare cancer that develops from smooth muscle cells. Because smooth muscle exists throughout the body, LMS can arise in several locations; it is most commonly seen in the uterus, abdomen, and pelvis.
LMS belongs to the soft-tissue sarcoma family. Its rarity is one reason pathology review, treatment planning, and clinical-trial decisions benefit from clinicians who routinely manage sarcoma rather than seeing a case once every few years.
Read the NCI LMS overview ↗These muscles work automatically in areas such as blood vessels and hollow organs.
LMS can also develop elsewhere, so tumor site and pathology matter.
A sarcoma team is accustomed to uncommon pathology, specialized surgery, systemic therapy, and research options.
02 · Specialist navigator
With LMS, “cancer specialist” and “sarcoma specialist” are not always the same thing. Look for a clinician and center with meaningful sarcoma volume, sarcoma-focused pathology, multidisciplinary review, and familiarity with current LMS research.
Browse a U.S. state-by-state directory of hospitals and programs that specialize in sarcoma.
Search centers ↗LMS-focused guideLMS-focused guidance on sarcoma centers, oncologists, second opinions, insurance, and questions to ask.
Open specialist guide ↗Search active leiomyosarcoma treatment studies in real time. Results come directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov API, filtered to interventional treatment studies that list leiomyosarcoma as a condition.
One tool: the top four fields pull live studies from ClinicalTrials.gov, the bottom four narrow the results below.
— matching treatment studies
Open registry ↗Requesting current leiomyosarcoma studies from ClinicalTrials.gov…
Live research tape
Recruitment status and trial locations change over time.
Search ClinicalTrials.gov ↗