are spinal tumors always cancer?
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no...but any tumor in a spinal canal can create enough pressure to kill neurons and cause irreversible damage.  Doctors call them SOL's.  Not because when you get them you are S h it outta luck...but they are called Space Occupying Lesions.
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I am a radiologic technologist, and I do a whole lot of MRIs.  Weekly, I scan people who have already had the spinal surgery which is going to make them "all better."  Yet, here they are back at radiology having more scans because they are no better off and sometimes even worse off.  I do not see the same phenomena with neck surgery.  But, for some reason, lumbar surgery has a high rate of failure.  I also have 3 HNPs with DDD and spinal stenosis.  The only time I would consider lumbar spine surgery is if I thought only death could be worse.  I would make sure I have tried EVERYTHING else....physical therapy, exercise, water aerobics, massage, acupuncture etc.  Once you have spinal surgery, you cannot "take it back."  You are stuck with your decision.  Of course, I could be biased, because I never see the patients who have had successful surgery.  They don't come in for scans because they are "better."  But I have seen enough to know that I would really have to be bedridden and totally out of options to consider surgery.  Good luck to you!
334883
This report says they did have cancer...\n\nhttp://www.bioedonline.org/news/news.cfm?art=598
338286
Both may be correct.\n\nA benign tumour will be unlikely to invade the optic nerve, but it will compress it and stop it working, by "strangling" the axons.\n\nIf the tumour is malignant, it can also invade other tissues; extend along the nerve sheath, etc.\n\nI would also worry about the radiotherapy damaging the nerve, and other surrounding structures; a type of "collateral damage", as the military call certain civilian deaths.
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No it is not normal to have breast that are differant in size or painful. Since cancer is only painful in advanced stages, you may have fibrocystic breast. Either way you should consult your Dr. just to be on the safe side, if it turns out to be fibro, please e-mail me and I`ll tell you a secret I learned at the age of 17 to rid you of the lumps and pain..I learned a something, believe this or not from a chiropractor when the Dr.`s was going to remove my breast, IT WORKED!!! I`m 43 and have no problems! Be Blessed, I`ll be praying for you! Rev.Susan
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Fatty tumors (lipomas) rarely are cancerous.  They're common in older people.  If they are in the muscle they can affect motion and can be painful if they get big.  I had one and got it cut out, my leg hurt for weeks.\nIf the doctor can't find any cause, look at your diet.  Leg pain can be caused by excessive consumption of diet drinks containing nutrasweet.  Cut out all nutrasweet consumption for 6 weeks and your pain will go away.
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According to the website below, 1-2% of pancreatic tumors are benign, but there is the potential that they will eventually become malignant.\n\nhttp://www.information-on-pancreatic-cancer.com/html/benign-pancreatic-tumors.php3\n\nPersonally I do not recall running across any charts of patients with a benign pancreatic tumor when I was at the hospital.  After reading that website, I think you can figure out why.  Most of the time pancreatic cancer is not detected until it is very severe.  85% of the cases of pancreatic tumors are of the adenocarcinoma type, which have a much smaller chance of survival.  I don't mean to be pessimistic, but in the past, the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer has been pretty much a death sentence.  I think nowadays that has been improved a little bit, but I think most of the time, it is still the case.  I would imagine that discovery of benign tumors would most likely be incidental/serendipitous discoveries since they are not symptomatic.\n\nAs for tumor size and location an indication that cancer is present--I am not sure what you are really asking.  Again, most often cancers of the pancreas are discovered as a metastasis in a different part of the body.  Obviously the larger the size of a tumor, the more serious the cancer is and the less likely the recovery.  There are different locations that the cancer of the pancreas can originate (head versus tail) and I am sure they have different treatment and survival rates.  You can probably get some more answers from the same website.\n\nI hope no one that you know has pancreatic cancer but I suppose that is not the case, or you wouldn't be asking.  Good luck.
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Depends entirely on the type of tumor. Some are painless for quite a long time. Some are painful early on. You need to be much more specific before you can get any real answer.
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Just FYI Pancoast tumors aren't always cancerous.  I know someone who just had one resected, and it was found to be fibrous tissue.  No cancer.  He didn't smoke either.
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I think cancer is spread to your back bone but don't worry but cancer is stop at current place to use herbal product "Activated Quercetin" and visit this link:\nhttp://www.starherb.com/Breast-Health_s/Breast_Health.html
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All lumps are not cancer. That might even be a small hydrocoele(fluid in your ball-due to trauma) Sometimes even a lipoma or sebaceous cyst may be there Dont worry about the terms though tey may appear terrifyng they are benign.Go to your surgeon . They would let you know
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I think it depends on what stage it is at.  You should check with a doctor though.  Also, it depends a lot on diet and current health of the individual...as well as personal internal attitude.  I knew someone who had multiple myaloma (cancer of the bone marrow) and the normal term for that is supposed to be six months....she lived for three years beyond that!  She was always positive about life though and went about it with lots of energy until her last days.  And she was older than 35 -- she was 57 when she died.
76479
brain tumor, a bump or bruise
986673
It could be sciatica.  It occurs quite often and often goes undiagnosed for many years.  I recommend you get a doctor's opinion though as this is just my two cents.
644127
each case is individual. There are no current stats on reoccurence of this type of tumour.
21702
Well I'm not an expert, but I think it probably depends on the kind of cancer. my mom had bone cancer that spread to her brain, they removed the 3 tumors she had, and they didn't grow back, but new ones did form, probably because of the bone cancer. They gave her 9 months and she lived 2 years, just passed away November 8. apparently, if not for the bone cancer, she would have been fine after they removed the brain tumors.
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It might be a osteosarcoma but if you are under 45 years of age and because the mass is on the end of a long bone then another strong possibility is that it might  be a giant cell tumor. Giant cell tumors are not malignant but still are still a difficult tumor to remove. Osteosarcomas are malignant and will require additional treatment besides tumor removal.\n\nhttp://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic307.htm\n\nhttp://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic531.htm\n\nThey won't be able to be 100% sure what it is until they take a biopsy and you need to get the biopsy done as soon as possible, because if it is an osteosarcoma then you need treatment sooner rather than later for the best outcome. Suggest you go to a large medical facility and be treated only by an orthopedist who specializes in bone tumors because you may need significant reconstructive surgery and this requires an expert surgeon.  good luck