Treatment of Sarcoma Cancer

DIAGNOSIS OF SARCOMA CANCER :

The only reliable way to determine if a soft tissue tumor is benign or cancerous is through a surgical biopsy. During this procedure, your doctor makes an incision or uses a special needle to remove a sample of tumor tissue. A pathologist examines the tissue under a microscope. If cancer is present, the pathologist can usually determine the type of cancer and its grade.



TREATMENT OF SARCOMA CANCER :

1. Surgery for Sarcoma Cancer -- Surgery is the most common treatment for soft tissue sarcomas. Your doctor may remove the cancer and a safe margin of healthy tissue around it. Depending on the size and location of the sarcoma, it may be necessary to remove all or part of an arm or leg but amputation is rare. In most cases, radiation or chemotherapy is given before surgery to shrink the tumor or after surgery to kill remaining cancer cells.

2. Radiation Therapy for Sarcoma Cancer -- Radiation therapy is treatment with high-dose X-rays, given before surgery to shrink tumors or after surgery to kill any cancer cells that may have been left behind. Read More …

3. Chemotherapy for Sarcoma Cancer -- Chemotherapy is treatment with anti-cancer drugs. Chemotherapy may be used to shrink tumors and make the tumor more accessible for removal by surgery or radiation treatment, or sometimes both. If the cancer has spread to other areas of the body, treatment is more difficult. In some situations, intense therapy with drugs, radiation and surgery followed by bone marrow or peripheral stem cell transplant may be used. Some children may be eligible to participate in research projects, or clinical trials, to test new anti-cancer drugs. Patients with soft tissue sarcomas usually receive chemotherapy intravenously, meaning it's injected into a blood vessel. Read More…



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Sarcoma Cancer

A sarcoma is basically a cancer that is of the connective or supportive tissue, which are basically a bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels and soft tissue. Sarcomas are also referred to Bone tumours but they belong to an entirely different category, due to their different experimental and infinitesimal distinctiveness and they are also treated another way. One of the most common childhoods bone cancers are known as Osteogenic sarcoma or osteosarcoma. In adults Soft tissue sarcomas are seen as being more common than would be usually found in children.


TYPES PF SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA : There are many types of soft tissue sarcoma, and they tend to grow and develop differently.

. Fibrosarcoma
. Myxofibrosarcomas
. Desmoid tumors
. Liposarcomas
. Synovial sarcomas
. Rhabdomyosarcomas
. Leiomyosarcomas
. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours (MPNST)
. Angiosarcomas
. Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST)
. Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)



RISKS OF SARCOMA CANCER :

*Radiation
*Family history
*Exposure to chemicals



SYMTOMS / SIGNS OF SARCOMA CANCER :

1. Bone pain is the most common problem
2. Progressing pain and/or swelling and fever may occur
3. Pain may be worse at night
4. Pain may be relieved by rest / not putting weight on the affected limb
5. Symptoms similar to those of injuries, bursitis, arthritis or benign bony tumors.


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