My friend's dad was diagnosed with Chondrosarcoma today, so I am curious about the disease. I'm always curious about health-related things. And don't worry, I'm not gonna tell anyone anything, it's just for pure curiosity of my own.
His dad has grew a tumor over 20 centimeters in diameter in his hip over roughly 6 months, as far as we know. At the end, he had trouble sleeping on the size the tumor was at. He was operated on a week ago and the tumor has been removed, however it being Sarcoma, the tumor was grown with the bone.
So what kind of outcome are we looking at here? What's the mortality rate, treatment options and procedure, how long patients usually live with this diagnosis? Is there something else I may be interested in?
I have a few theories about the situation of my own, however I want the answers to be as objective as possible, so I'm not gonna post them.
I was diagnosed with a chondrosarcoma this year, but it was much smaller and in my skull base. I've read a lot about it, but again, more focused on skull base cases. In general, prognosis for this type of cancer is based on the pathology report and the grade of the tumor. Grades I and II have a pretty good prognosis (80% and higher depending on the study), higher grades have a poorer prognosis (60 and lower depending on the study). That's a 3-5 year timeline and from my memory.
Other things I picked up is that the lower the grade the slower the growth and the less likely re-occurrence or metastasizing, in general it is radiation and chemo resistant.
I search on this site a lot:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
Last edited by Administrator; 09-26-2012 at 07:14 PM.
I was diagnosed with a chondrosarcoma this year, but it was much smaller and in my skull base. I've read a lot about it, but again, more focused on skull base cases. In general, prognosis for this type of cancer is based on the pathology report and the grade of the tumor. Grades I and II have a pretty good prognosis (80% and higher depending on the study), higher grades have a poorer prognosis (60 and lower depending on the study). That's a 3-5 year timeline and from my memory.
Other things I picked up is that the lower the grade the slower the growth and the less likely re-occurrence or metastasizing, in general it is radiation and chemo resistant.
I search on this site a lot:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
Appreciate the feedback.
I've got the diagnosis papers of his, and read a lot about it already though, so I have the prognosis as well as a loto f extra info.
In fact, I've read it in the very link you've posted, mostly.
