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Sarcoma
Archives for October 2011
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Need help effectiveness of chemo on sarcomas
Have pleomorphic liposarcoma. Radical resection done, and "showed" no remaining cancer. CT "showed" no cancer in chest, abdoman, pelvic area. Doing 7wks of radiation. Family doctor wants me to do chemo, surgeon and radioloigy oncologist say it doesn't work. University of Michigan sarcoma center says my decision, would…
Chemotherapy's Role in MFH Sarcoma
I'm posting on behalf of my mother who was diagnosed with high-grade MFH in her left thigh in May. Since that time she's had 5 weeks worth of radio and then had successful surgery to remove the tumor from her thigh. It was the size of a rugby ball. Right now she's recovering from the surgery (clear margins too!). And we've…
Skull-based primary low grade sarcoma
My 45 year old husband was recently diagnosed with a large skull-based brain tumor that went from his ear drum to behind his nasal cavity down to his jaw bone. He had dizzy spells, lost half of his hearing in one ear and had numbness on this face. The first biopsy that was done on the section protruding from his ear drum…
I could use some sarcoma advice...
Hi folks, I thought I'd drop in here and see if anyone has any advice for me. Not sure where to go... I recently had a tumor removed from my leg. It was sent to a local lab and diagnosed as a sarcoma. The doctor had it sent to a national lab to find out what kind of sarcoma it is and how advanced it is, and it's been there…
DFSP
Hi, I was diagnosed with DFSP 5 years ago and went to MD Anderson in Texas where I went on Gleevec for a couple months and then they wanted to do Mohs. I did the Gleevec and instead of the MOHS I decided to do alternative treatments such as seeing a well know herbalist in Merrit Island, FL. I never went back to MD Anderson…