What is a sarcoma spindle cell?

Hello,

Spindle cell sarcoma is a rare bone cancer that most often affects the long bones in your arms and legs. Tumors usually form in your thigh bone, shin bone or upper arm. Bone pain, bones that break easily, fatigue and feeling generally unwell are all symptoms of this cancer.

Management and Treatment
How is spindle cell sarcoma treated?
Your treatment depends on your health, where the tumors are, their size, their grade and other factors. Treatment also depends on whether you’re receiving treatment for the first time or if the cancer has returned following treatment (recurrent).

Surgery
Surgery aims to remove the tumor while preserving as much of your bone as possible. Removing all signs of cancer in the primary tumor and any secondary tumors can cure the cancer. Still, cancer is much more challenging to eliminate completely once it spreads beyond the primary tumor.

Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer cells throughout your body. You may need chemo before surgery to shrink a tumor so it’s easier to remove. Or you may need chemo after surgery to kill any remaining cancer cells. Chemotherapy is also a form of palliative care. Even if the cancer isn’t curable, chemo can still destroy cancer cells to help relieve symptoms like bone pain.

Most people receive a combination of chemotherapy drugs to make treatment more effective. You may need different chemo drugs based on whether you’re receiving treatment for the first time, not seeing a great response to certain chemo drugs or if the cancer has returned after remission. Remission is when cancer improves or disappears following treatment.

Radiation therapy
External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) uses a machine that directs X-rays toward the tumor, killing cancer cells. You may need radiation to destroy the tumor if you’re not a candidate for surgery. Sometimes, a surgeon can’t access the tumor with surgery. It may be deeply embedded in tissue or too close to vital structures to remove safely. In that case, you may need radiation instead.

Like chemotherapy, radiation therapy can relieve symptoms if the cancer isn’t curable.

Source: Cleveland Clinic

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