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==Overview==
==Overview==
The etiology of liposarcoma is unknown.  The majority of tumors are thought to arise de-novo.  Liposarcoma has been associated with environmental factors, such as history of irradiation and infections, and with congenital factors, such as immunodeficiencies and familial cancer syndromes.
There are no established causes for liposarcoma.


==Causes==
==Causes==
Majority of the liposarcoma arises de-novo, without any apparent causative factor. The definitive causative factor or agent of liposarcoma is unknown. But few factors have been associated with liposarcoma, such as:<ref name=WHO-SOft tissue tumor>{{cite web | title = WHO-Soft tissue tumor | url = http://www.iarc.fr/en/publications/pdfs-online/pat-gen/bb5/bb5-classifsofttissue.pdf }}</ref>
There are no established causes for liposarcoma.
 
*Genetic and enviornmental factors
*[[Irradiation]]
*[[Viral]] infection
*[[Immune deficiency]]
*Familial cancer syndromes


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