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We are wrapping up our #SarcomaAwareness campaign. Thanks to all who sent in questions and to the experts who took time to answer them 🌻
Today we are looking at questions often posed at the time of diagnosis.
Q1. What are the most common treatment options for sarcoma?
Today we are looking at questions often posed at the time of diagnosis.
Q1. What are the most common treatment options for sarcoma?
This depends on
🔹The stage of the cancer (if it has spread and to what body parts)
🔹The grade (how quickly the cancer cells grow)
🔹The particular type of sarcoma
Surgery alone will remove the cancer and surrounding margins
🔹The stage of the cancer (if it has spread and to what body parts)
🔹The grade (how quickly the cancer cells grow)
🔹The particular type of sarcoma
Surgery alone will remove the cancer and surrounding margins
Radiotherapy is often used before surgery or after surgery
Chemotherapy is often used either before or after surgery
Sometimes surgery, radiation and chemotherapy are combined
Immunotherapy is not a standard of care currently for sarcoma treatment
Chemotherapy is often used either before or after surgery
Sometimes surgery, radiation and chemotherapy are combined
Immunotherapy is not a standard of care currently for sarcoma treatment
Continuing on our Sarcoma 🧵 More expert answers to your questions: Diagnostics
Q1: What are the different types of sarcoma?
There are many different types. Easiest to describe the division into bone, soft tissue and visceral sarcomas that involve organs.
Q1: What are the different types of sarcoma?
There are many different types. Easiest to describe the division into bone, soft tissue and visceral sarcomas that involve organs.
There are overlaps in these groups!
The sarcoma name usually indicates the tissue or cell type the cancer most closely resembles.
But, it gets more complicated...not all sarcomas resemble recognisable cells, this is often the case with diagnosis in younger people.
The sarcoma name usually indicates the tissue or cell type the cancer most closely resembles.
But, it gets more complicated...not all sarcomas resemble recognisable cells, this is often the case with diagnosis in younger people.
Q2:Does one type of sarcoma have better outcomes?
Short answer-not really!
Some sarcomas are very resistant to the treatments we have readily available
Others respond very well to these treatments
While others may respond very well initially but can then become resistant later
Short answer-not really!
Some sarcomas are very resistant to the treatments we have readily available
Others respond very well to these treatments
While others may respond very well initially but can then become resistant later
