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HCG Cancer Centre, Bengaluru, Performs Life-Saving Surgery on 28-Day-Old Infant with Rare 11.3×9.8 cm Fibrosarcoma Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 17: In a landmark achievement for oncology in orthopedics, HCG Cancer Centre, Bangalore, gave a new lease of life to a 28-day-old baby girl battling Infantile Fibrosarcoma, one of the rarest soft-tissue cancers seen in newborns. The baby was born at another hospital with a small swelling on her right forearm that grew alarmingly within days into a massive tumour measuring 11.3 cm × 9.8 cm, engulfing her tiny forearm and hand. She had already been evaluated at multiple hospitals, where amputation was suggested as the only…