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Post Op wait before Chemo

by Fin50, Oct 25, 2007 04:09PM
How much time should one wait following surgery to remove liposarcoma before proceeding with chemo to deal with what surgery alone could not entirely remove?
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by Enoch Choi, MD, Oct 26, 2007 05:44PM
To: Fin50
National comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines available online at http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/default.asp
point a reader to
http://www.massgeneral.org/cancer/crr/types/sarcoma/sarcoma.asp

These sources point out that every patient is different, some patients are not even good candidates for chemotherapy at all.  It depends on the kind of cancer, where it is (ones in limbs may do better with chemo), how advanced the liposarcoma is.  You have to find this out from your doctor, and if you're not satisfied, consider a second opinion.

Dr. Enoch Choi, MD
Palo Alto, CA
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