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Alveolar soft part sarcoma abbreviated ASPS is a very rare type of soft tissue sarcoma that grows slowly and whose cell of origin is unknown. It arises mainly in children and young adults. ASPS can migrate (metastasize) into other parts of the body typically the lungs and the brain.ASPS is a sarcoma and that indicates that this cancer initially arises from embryonic mesenchyme. (The fertilized egg divides and redivides forming a sphere.
