Question 1

is liposarcoma a fatal cancer?

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Sometimes: Liposarcoma is a cancer that arises out of the fat cells - often in an extremity.  It is usually treated with surgery and radiation.  High  grade cancers also are treated with chemotherapy.  Curability of the cancer is dependent on whether it has spread before treatment (metastasized) or if it high grade under the microscope. This usually means that the cancer is more aggressive.

Question 2

can one survive liposarcoma cancer?

Accepted Answer

Yes: If it is detected and treated at an early stage, patients with liposarcoma can have a very good survival.  The main determinants on whether it is has spread or directly invaded other organs, if it is "well" or "poorly differentiated", and whether it was completely removed during the operation.

Question 3

can you tell me about being diagnosed with liposarcoma cancer?

Accepted Answer

It's a malignant...: ...Tumor originating in fatty tissue.  Treatment may involve surgery plus or minus chemo and/or radiation.  Sarcomas in general can be aggressive and not something a community oncologist sees often, so my personal practice is to refer these patients to academic centers where they can be evaluated by a multidisciplinary team with expertise in the field.

Question 4

my mom has liposarcoma.  is that a bad cancer or one that we can get rid of?

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Depends: Liposarcoma falls in the category of sarcoma which are connective tissue cancers. Prognosis depends on staging, size of the tumor, aggressiveness of the tumor( grade), location.  Low grade tumors that are completely excised with clear margins without evidence of spread elsewhere, have a very good prognosis.

Question 5

are hematologic cancers fatal?

Accepted Answer

Yes, often: Hematologic cancers in children are more often curable than in adults.

Question 6

which type of cancers are fatal and the patient can survive for more than a few months?

Accepted Answer

Do I understand?: Any cancer that is not effectively treated with surgery, radiation, and/or chemotherapy (old-fashioned or new biotech) will cause your death. That being the case, the course of an untreatable cancer is often measured in years. In fact, i know no cancer any more in which death is certain within "a few months" of diagnosis.

Question 7

does cancer become more fatal as you get older?

Accepted Answer

Sometimes: The very elderly don't do well with cancer, but it's the stage of the disease that matters, and this can occur at different ages. The main thing is to get screened appropriately.

Question 8

what kind of cancers are the most likely to be fatal for white females aged 20 to 30?

Accepted Answer

Variable: Any untreated cancer can be fatal potentially. Common aggressive but treatable cancers in this age group include germ cell tumors, blood cancers (acute leukemia, lymphomas), sarcomas (osteosarcoma, ewings). Other less common cancers include breast cancer, colon cancers, melanomas, etc.

Question 9

what are your thoughts? could we ever reach a day where cancer is no longer a fatal disease?

Accepted Answer

May be: Cancer is not one disease. Some types of cancers are curable, e.g. Most leukemias in children, some lymphomas, early colon and breast cancers. We can hope that medical science will progress enough to be able to cure all cancers.

Question 10

how can squamous cancer get in your blood and is it fatal?

Accepted Answer

All cancers: develop a vascular supply in order to grow. Tumor cells are "shed" into the blood vessels or lymphatics, from which they can potentially seed distant parts of the body. With metastases, prognosis is worse but not necessarily fatal. The propensity for metastasis and the prognosis depends on the type of tumor and various characteristics such as size or location.

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