What is Leiomyosarcoma?-
It is an extremely rare and aggressive cancer that constitutes about four in every million cancer cases.
Leiomyosarcoma, also called LMS, is an unusual cancer that usually strikes people who are middle-aged or older.
However, in recent years we are finding the victims are getting younger.
LMS affects the soft tissues of the body. Attaching itself to blood vessels, it spreads through the blood stream,
affecting other areas such as the liver, lungs, and other soft tissue areas of the body.
Surgery is the first plan of action for this cancer, due to the resistance it has to chemotherapy and radiation.
Frequently, however, many surgeries are needed due to the aggressive nature of the disease. Tumors tend to grow
large and fast.
There is no cure at the present time for LMS, and remission is difficult to attain. CT scans are needed for the patient’
s lifetime, because this cancer can resurface any time in any part of the body.
Because LMS is so rare, most doctors have never seen it, and most of the public has never even heard of it. There
are a handful of specialists in just a few teaching hospitals around the country. As a result, little funding is given to
researching this cancer to try and find a cure. Only those of us who have looked this disease in the face know of its
power and devastation.
It is an extremely rare and aggressive cancer that constitutes about four in every million cancer cases.
Leiomyosarcoma, also called LMS, is an unusual cancer that usually strikes people who are middle-aged or older.
However, in recent years we are finding the victims are getting younger.
LMS affects the soft tissues of the body. Attaching itself to blood vessels, it spreads through the blood stream,
affecting other areas such as the liver, lungs, and other soft tissue areas of the body.
Surgery is the first plan of action for this cancer, due to the resistance it has to chemotherapy and radiation.
Frequently, however, many surgeries are needed due to the aggressive nature of the disease. Tumors tend to grow
large and fast.
There is no cure at the present time for LMS, and remission is difficult to attain. CT scans are needed for the patient’
s lifetime, because this cancer can resurface any time in any part of the body.
Because LMS is so rare, most doctors have never seen it, and most of the public has never even heard of it. There
are a handful of specialists in just a few teaching hospitals around the country. As a result, little funding is given to
researching this cancer to try and find a cure. Only those of us who have looked this disease in the face know of its
power and devastation.
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