What is chondrosarcoma?
chondrosarcoma is a cancer that occurs in cartilage cells. Such cancers are relatively rare and especially in adults. Sometimes adolescent develop chondrosarcoma. This cancer usually requires a team of doctors, including oncologist and orthopedic surgeon for treatment. Treatment tends to be more affordable in urban areas, as well as in rural areas, doctors can rarely see this cancer if at all, and is therefore not very familiar with the treatment. Primary tumors are formed in the cartilage itself, while secondary tumors can develop from benign cartilage and bone growth. People with a history of such growths are therefore threatened by chondrosarcoma and must be carefully monitored for early signs of malignant growth. In addition, there are no clear risk factors for the development of this cancer, although it can be influenced by genetics, environment and many other factors.
This cancer is usually a found around the ends of long bones like femur. Patients can be able to feel the matter that indicates utumor rooms, and intermittent pain may occur, which may take years before the tumor diagnostic. The diagnosis requires medical imaging studies in the area of the participating area, along with biopssias that can be used to find out which cell types are connected and for tumor determination. Pathological analysis is important because it will provide information that may form the course of treatment.
One serious example of chondrosarcoma is undifferentiated chondrosarcoma, which is usually fatal. Other examples include mesenchymal and pure cells. The sooner the tumor is found, the better the prognosis for the patient, the best treatment is complete surgical resection of the tumor. Tumors in some places can also be treated with radiation to confirm that the whole tum has been removed.
If chondrosarcoma metastasizes to other areas of the body, chemotherapy and radiation can be used in trying to checkCancer spread. Patients with chondrosarcoma who have expanded may want to consult their doctors about treatment and prognosis. In some forms, treatment may not add so much time to the patient's life and can cause intense pain and suffering without any clear benefit. In other cases, chemotherapy and radiation will be unpleasant, but the patient has a better chance of recovering, which is to make experience more useful.