Synovial Cell Sarcoma and lung cancer

Pawleys
Pawleys Member Posts: 1
edited December 2022 in Lung Cancer
I am looking for help for a friend who's father has been recently diagnosed with this disease. He is 70 years old, and the doctors removed his leg. The tumor was found in the knee. Now, the doctors say there are tumors in the lungs. The patient wants to know if the traditional treatment of chemo and radiation are the best path?

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  • andreacha
    andreacha Member Posts: 196
    edited May 2020
    I personally can't give you any advice on this. However, very rarely does a question go 7 hours without at least 1 answer. I'm afraid that the holiday is at the forefront of everyone's minds. Just give it a while longer and you will see activity related to your questions. We have some pretty sharp people on this site. You'll meet them shortly. Best wishes for your Dad.
  • 2943
    2943 Member Posts: 94
    edited May 2020
    A second opinion at a ranked hospital is well worth the time and effort. It can help answer the question of the ‘right treatment’. It, too, may offer additional ideas such as clinical trials. Let us know.
  • KB2013
    KB2013 Member Posts: 62
    edited May 2020
    He should be asking his doctor this question or getting second or third opinions.
  • po18guy
    po18guy Member Posts: 329
    edited May 2020
    IIRC, Actor Robert Urich had this type. Are those tumors biopsied? If not, they could be a different type. I would advise him to head directly to a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer center for a second opinion from the best and brightest.
    https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find
  • LiveWithCancer
    LiveWithCancer Member Posts: 470
    edited May 2020
    My first question is whether this is two different kinds of cancer or if one metastasized.

    I would definitely seek a second opinion. And, I agree wholeheartedly with po18guy, the best place to get that 2nd opinion would be at an NCI-designated cancer center, if at all possible. (I don't know, but I might have wanted to do that BEFORE they amputated my leg...)
  • 2943
    2943 Member Posts: 94
    edited May 2020
    Many of us have walked this path and learned the value of a valued second opinion. It is a path that has offered the right, the comfortable treatment for us.
  • Carool
    Carool Member Posts: 787
    I’ve read that it’s very important, when diagnosed with a sarcoma, to be treated by a sarcoma specialist. As for traditional treatments, as far as I’m concerned, there are no other treatments that even might work (your friend’s father could also try to supplement standard medical care with complementary care, if his oncologist thinks the complementary treatments won’t impede medical treatments). Sarcomas are usually very aggressive tumors (I’m no medical professional but I’ve read many patients’ stories) and should be treated with the latest scientific methods.

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