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Question about Fibrosarcoma
I found out in 2007 that I had soft tissue sarcoma in shoulder area. I went through chemo and then had the tumor (high grade) removed from my shoulder area. Then i went through radiation. One year after being "clean" i had a CT scan and they found nodes in my lungs. I was told at that time I could die in 3 months to a…
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Fibrosarcoma
Is there anyone out there with my cancer...fibrosarcoma? I have never met another person with fibrosarcoma..if you are out there, what is your story, and how are you?
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anyone know of a child with "adult fibrosarcoma"?
Our granddaughter, Maya Jones, was diagnosed on December 24, 2008 (age 2) with "adult" fibrosarcoma in her upper right arm. Had chemo that did nothing (tumor was 100% alive when taken out April 1st), pre and post-op radiation. Clean but not wide margins. No metastasis at diagnosis, but the tumor was, according to the…
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Rhabdomyosarcoma - Adult
My father was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma in February 2009 (52 years old). He had a tumor the size of a softball in his upper thigh. A week following his diagnosis, he was started on chemo treatments. The current plan is to continue chemo thru February or March of 2010 (full year). We were told that his particular…
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Information about Fibromyxoid sarcoma
Hello, I was just diagnosed with this form of cancer, I am a 60 year old woman and have hardly ever been sick a day in my life. I have my first appt. with a specialist on the 27th of this month. I am a bit nervous and apprehensive. Mine is in my left thigh so far. What can I expect at my first specialist appt? Wow, what a…
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retroperitoneal liposarcoma
My husband is now 47 and was diagnosed 2 yrs ago with what they call "retroperitoneal liposarcoma". At first they thought it was kidney cancer, so they operated quickly, and removed the tumor and the kidney. It took pathology 3 weeks to figure out what kind of cancer it was because we were told they were "baffled." We got…
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liposarcoma age 40 in right groin
Hi, I was just diagnosed 3days ago. I had surgery on oct.6 when they removed a lump.my local hospital thought it may be a spindle cell fibrous tumor. but, when they removed it a specialist could not identify it. then it was sent to university of wisconsin and now i am told it was a malignant tumor and i have low grade…
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Spindle Cell Sarcoma
I am 18 years old and about a week ago I got what I had been told was a small cyst removed from my left shoulder. Today the surgeon told me it was a malignant spindle cell tumor but only about 2.5cm big. He refered me to a surgical oncologist and told me that the outlook should be pretty good since the tumore was so small.…
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Malignant Spindle Cell Tumor
I recently went to the doctor to have a bump on my left foot checked out. The bump was on the right side of my big toe joint. I have had bump for approx. 5 years. The doctor did an MRI, which confirmed that it was a tumor. The first diagnosis was a Giant Cell Tumor. I had the tumor removed and my hospital stated that it…
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I know this is not the right network for this discussion but I am really upset..
Hi, To everyone who will hear me out. My mom was a tough lady who went through 9 months of pure living hell.. She went downhill fast she had spindle cell sarcoma. a 25 pound tumor removed from her stomach. the doctors said she would survive she only lived 15 more weeks because the cancer consumed her and she died of…
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Resources?
I'm not a survivor yet but I plan on it. I'm not even sure what kind of cancer I've been diagnosed with. I know it's something like Liposarcoma. It's amazing for me to realize how little I know About something that has been growing in my own body. Im really not to scared maybe I haven't realized the severity of the…