What is the outcome of choriod plexus carcinoma?
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As long as it gives  you hope, thats all that counts, regardless of how long.  Remember this. Remember this, The sorrow you suffer now is worth the ray of hope that everyday she lives. Good luck and happy wisdom.
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It depends on the cancer, how it grows, what it responds to in treatment and whether it is contained in a mass or is more diffuse.  There are different treatments for brain cancer and you need to discuss these with a neuro-oncologist and a neurosurgeon.  In my experience the survival time is somewhere between 3-9 months, but I have known people who have survived and are living cancer free now.  Remember, Lance Armstrong had mets to his brain and he is doing great.  I wish you strength and comfort in the days ahead.
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Any cancer is usually going to last for ever.It will make your life shortened.But complete resection with axillary lymph nodes combined with Radiotherapy and chemotherapy there is a chance to recover.It all depend on you and your physician.Best advise for others is to look after own health not to get cancer.Health which is gone can not be taken back.\nDr K.S.A.Kumarasiri(MD)
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If it's benign, you can have it surgically removed.\n\nIf it's malignant, depending on how big, you may have chemotherpay or radiation therapy, then surgery, or surgery with chemo and radiation afterwards, or any combination of treatments.\n\nIt gets complicated depending on tumor type, location, size, and if there are any metastasis.
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I suspect that you already know the answer to this - it's a mixed result.\n\nNo new tumours is certainly positive,\nAny increase in a tumour size  (her liver) is not great news.\nThe reduction of the tumours in her lungs IS great news.\n\nI guess it depends now on how the ones in her liver react over the coming days.\n\nOf course if the tumours in her lungs were the one which were causing the most concern, then perhaps again this might be a little more posisitve than it seems at first.\n\nThe oncologist (cancer speciaiist) will be able to give FAR more accurate thoughts than any well meaning lay folks like me can give though - if possible please try and speak to one of the people who are treating her, they are QUALIFIED to comment.
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Well this is a loaded question. My mother passed away last Sept. from breast cancer that had metastasized to her lungs and esophagus. My father died two years ago from cancer also. Both did chemo and all it did was make their last days on earth awful. I had thyroid cancer last year. I personally will never do chemo. I sincerely think that in 20 years or so we will speak of how barbaric it was. If you are not too far advanced, I would say eating as healthy as you can, no meat or dairy. Alternative medicines and such would also be my choice. I think it is up to the individual though. You have to remember that doctors make money off of chemo and the like. Research, research research!!!
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My Grandfather died about two weeks ago.  He had a melanoma removed from his skin a few years ago, but it was already in his blood.  He had his lymph nodes on his right side removed.  While they were there they found some cancer growing in in left lung.  He had most of that removed about a year ago.  He made what looked to be a full recovery before he suffered "stroke like" symptoms.  He went to to hospital where they found cancerous tumors in his brain which had ruptured and were bleeding into his brain.  He died about three days later.
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With well-differentiated astrocytomas, the symptoms may remain static or progress only slowly over a number of years, with a mean survival of more than 5 years. Eventually, however, patients usually have more rapid clinical deterioration that is generally correlated with the appearance of anaplastic features and more rapid growth of the tumor. The prognosis for patients with glioblastoma is very poor. With current treatment, consisting of resection when feasible together with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, the mean length of survival after diagnosis is only 8 to 10 months; fewer than 10% of patients are alive after 2 years. Survival is substantially shorter in older patients.\n\n-random physician
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Way too many variable for a one-size-fits all answer.  How serious is the tumor?  Is the woman in a coma?  How viable is the fetus? What does the family want?  You get the idea.
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I have neurofibromatosis and have had Gamma Knife laser surgery for a tumor that kept growing after two open head surgeries. It was so much better than being cut open. I stayed one night in the hospital, as opposed to a week with the other procedures. I had no scaring on my head whatsoever, no regrowth of the tumor. It is important to discuss the risks of this type of surgery with your doctor. And only the doctors that perform this procedure can tell if you are a candidate for it by looking at MRI's. Good Luck to you.
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Hi\n\nThe answers, very good ones (including bibliography) you can get in this place.\n\nhttp://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/tumors/acoustic_neuroma.htm\n\nBetter than me writing.\n\nLittle resume\n\n1) Acoustic neuromas, also known as vestibular schwannomas, are non-malignant tumors of the 8th cranial nerve.\n\n2)"unfortunately the chance of hearing being preserved after acoustic neuroma surgery is slight. Nedzelski and colleagues recently reported that only about 16% of patients had "serviceable" hearing in the follow up interval after "hearing preservation surgery". (Lin et al, 2005). While hearing may be "preserved" immediately after surgery, it usually deteriorates in most within a few years.\n\nRegards\n\nDr Ajedrez
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each case is individual. There are no current stats on reoccurence of this type of tumour.
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Prognostic Features \nTop\nIntroduction\nImaging Features\nClinical Behavior\nPathology and Molecular Biology\nPrognostic Features\nTreatment\nConclusion\nReferences\n \n \nPatients with localized synovial sarcoma have a good prognosis and most become long-term survivors. In contrast, those who have metastatic disease have a dismal outlook and only a minority survive. The prognostic features most frequently associated with an unfavorable outcome include tumor size greater than 5 cm, invasion into bone or neurovascular structures, and high histologic grade [7, 8]. Older age, nonextremity primary site, and the biphasic histologic pattern have also been associated with a less favorable outcome. \n\n\n\nBackground: Synovial sarcoma comprises 8-10% of all sarcomas and most commonly affects adults in the third-to-fifth decades of life. The malignancy most commonly involves the extremities, especially the lower extremities around the knees. Synovial sarcoma frequently is misdiagnosed as benign often because of its small size, slow growth, and well-defined appearance.\n\n\nPathophysiology: Gross specimens are usually well-demarcated, pink, fleshy masses with a heterogeneous appearance, and specimens may display solid, hemorrhagic, or cystic components on sectioning. Calcification foci occasionally are noted. Heavy calcification tends to indicate less aggressive lesions and offers a more favorable prognosis. \n\nSynovial sarcoma is so named because of its resemblance to developing synovial tissue under light microscopy. It arises from pluripotential mesenchymal cells near joint surfaces, tendons, tendon sheaths, juxta-articular membranes, and fascial aponeuroses. The histologic appearance is that of large polygonal cells (epithelioid) that secrete hyaluronic acid and show an organization suggestive of microscopic joint spaces. These cells are surrounded by spindle cells that simulate subsynovial mesenchymal cells. \n\nTypical morphology is that of 2 strikingly distinct well-differentiated cell populations. Depending on which cell type predominates, overall histologic appearances can be described as biphasic (epithelioid and spindle cell), monophasic spindle cell, or monophasic epithelioid. Marked cellular pleomorphism and atypia are uncommon, and when present, the appearance overlaps with that of high-grade malignant fibrous histiocytoma and fibrosarcoma. \n\nSpecific cytogenetic abnormalities have been identified. More than 90% of patients have a t(X;18) translocation mutation, which is not associated with other sarcomas. The translocation involves the SYT gene on chromosome 18 (at 18q11) and the SSX1 or SSX2 gene on the X chromosome (at Xp11). These genes appear to be transcription regulators, whose functions occur primarily through protein-protein interactions. Subtypes of these translocations have been shown to correlate with distinct histologic subtypes.\n\n\nFrequency: \n\n\nIn the US: Synovial sarcoma is the fourth most commonly occurring sarcoma, accounting for 8-10% of all sarcomas. Approximately 800 new cases of synovial sarcoma are diagnosed in per year in the United States. \nMortality/Morbidity: \n\nOverall, survival rates are 23.5-64% at 5 years and 11.2-34% at 10 years. \nFor synovial sarcoma of the head and neck region, the prognosis is better than that of sarcoma involving the extremities, with 5-year survival rates of 47-82%. \nSex: A slight male predilection exists in synovial sarcoma. The male-to-female ratio is 3:2. \n\nAge: Synovial sarcoma can occur in patients with a wide age range, but it is most common in patients in the third-to-fifth decades of life. In one series of 121 cases, 83.6% of tumors occurred in patients aged 10-50 years, with a median age of 31.3 years. Another large study included patients with ages ranging from 3 to 85 years. \n\nAnatomy: Synovial sarcoma is the most common sarcoma involving the upper extremity, hip, groin, and buttocks in patients aged 16-25 years. In patients aged 6-45 years,
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I pray that your mother's results will be ok, and that she does well. The reason I am writing is because you reminded me of the time I was waiting on my Mother's biopsy, she has breast cancer. My advice for you is to expect the worse, although we are surely not aiming for it, this way whichever way the result goes you will not be affected. Also try not to have any expectations before you understand the full picture.\nI hope all goes well. My prayers and thoughts are with you.
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Well, the short answer is that it depends to a large degree on which stage it is caught in.  \n\nI found a link with a ton of information on the subject, including prognosis, symptoms, and treatments.  Here's an excerpt from the prognosis section:\n\nIn recent series, the 5-year patient survival rate varies from 50-80%, with most studies indicating patient survival rates of higher than 70%. Whether the Kadish classification system has a definitive prognostic value is unknown, but stages A and B seem to have a 5-year survival rate of 86% versus 72% for stage C.\n\nhttp://www.emedicine.com/med/topic748.htm
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I am reciting some of my experiences here – they are not meant to be boastful, rather I would like to inspire as many people who are suffering from cancer as possible – I would like to tell them – you can live normally! My best wishes to all, their families and friends! This is a long message so please do bear wtih me!\n\nThe stage grouping for my tumor was IVA (T3N0M0)  \n\nI ran a manufacturing plant in Mumbai (Bombay) and then moved to another city. I am a father of three beautiful kids- a son (age 20) who’s doing Engineering - Computer Science, a daughter (age17) who’s doing a pre-university science course and a school going younger son (age 10), and am very much in love with my wife of 25 years. We'll be celeberating our Wedding Siver Jubilee soon!\n\nOn August 30, 2002, I was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma - lower end common bile duct - by an MRI scan, I was 43 years old then (I married young), a malignant tumor was present at the joint between the head of my pancreas and the bile duct. This was further complicated by a scratch in my pancreas caused during ERCP on September 2, 2002. Though I have a high threshold of pain, the ERCP injury was almost intolerable and I had to be kept under sedation until surgery which took place on September 7, 2002. –.   Whipple’s procedure. \n\n\nMy gall bladder, omentum, part of my stomach, part of my pancreas (about 1/3rd),duodenum and the bile duct were removed. The margins were all clear. Right from September 1, 2002, when I had my last meal for quite some time, I was not fed anything at all, not even water. I was fed intravenously (I digress). \n\nReconstruction was carried out. I was in the operation theater and under anesthesia for almost 11 and ½ hours. Everything was fine until September 15, 2002, when excessive fluids started leaking out of the two drain holes made on both side of my abdomen. On that day in the morning I was fed with a low fiber diet with a tube connected directly to my stomach. I was very sick. My bowels gave away suddenly, and I lost control over my bladder. I started shivering violently and then suddenly felt very hot, I started sweating profusely and breathing was difficult even with an oxygen mask which had not been removed after surgery. Though in distress, my mind was very clear and lucid. I could see the expressions on the hospital staff and the doctors’ faces and understood that any second could be my last. That did not worry me or scare me, what worried me was my family’s fate after me, though after all the pain death was not an option that I wanted to reject outright.   \n\nI realized how serious I was, when experts advised that I be shifted to another hospital with better facilities a few miles away, and the doctors attending upon me, including the surgeon who’d operated on me and the anesthetist personally lifted me up and put me on a gurney to wheel me to the ambulance, rather than wait for the ward boys to come in. I remember the doctors periodically checking upon me by asking how I felt during the ambulance ride. I knew they wanted to know the level of my consciousness. I remember feeling the ambulance speeding and constant sound of the siren - not klaxon.\n\nI was quickly taken for an MRI scan and later my gurney with me on it was kept outside the hospital room, in a very safe and sterile place until the fate of my scan and probably, the doctors wanted to see if I would survive before admitting me into the hospital, Probably, if I know the law correctly, if I’d died within 24 hours of admission to a hospital a Post Mortem procedure would be mandatory.  I understood all this while I was waiting to be admitted to the better hospital, as I said, my mind was clear and lucid all throughout, I was very much aware of my surroundings, the people, the sounds and noises.\n\nAt that time I remember feeling quite pleasant, not hot at all and there seemed to be cool breeze wafting around me cooling me up. \n\nI was finally taken
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The gowth rate is concerning. I'm taking for granted he has had either a needle or open biopsy of the nodule. If not he should have one to determine what exactly it is you are dealing with. Speed is of the essence here! Has he had any other exams, such as CT or MRI of the abdomen and pelvis or brain? Once the biopsy is returned those exams may be ordered, don't be suprised if they are! If he has had the biopsy, and it is malignant, ask what options there are for treatment, chemo and radiation or just chemo or just radiation, and if there is metastasis to any other areas?