What kind of cancer can you have from a soft tissue mass/tumor in the knee besides Sarcoma?

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They found a 3cm soft tissue mass in the posterior of my knee almost 2 weeks ago. It is eroding the lateral side of my medial femoral condyle and they think it has torn my PCL. I was referrred to an orthopedic onocologist b/c they couldn't determine if it was cancerous by MRI, CAT scan, or Bone Scan I have had done. And my local orthopedic surgeon I have been seeing doesnt feel comfortable doing the biopsy b/c it is so 'aggressive'. And my ortho onocologist said its going to be a very "involved" surgery b/c it is so close to the major artery in my leg and other factors. But all 3 doctors I have been to have mentioned that it could be cancer but the only type that has been mentioned that I can remember was Sarcoma. Is there any other cancer that could be in the knee?
Your cancer is not located in the knee joint or it would most likely be a bone tumor called an osteosarcoma. Since your tumor is instead located in the soft tissue that surrounds your knee one possibility would be a leiomyosarcoma which is a type of rare soft tissue sarcoma. Here is a basic web page on leiomyosarcoma

http://www.leiomyosarcoma.info/

Leiomyosarcoma is a rare and difficult to treat type of sarcoma.

I have a couple of suggestions for you. At all of your next Dr appts. either take real good notes or even better take someone else that you trust with you to take notes for you and to also listen. Ask the Drs to spell any words or terms with which you are not familiar.
My second suggestion would be not to spend a lot of time doing the "what if" game until you know exactly what type of tumor you are dealing with. Wasting your time with speculation will just cause you mental grief and lack of sleep for no good purpose. Don't read too much until you know what you actually need to read about or you will just scare yourself needlessly.

The web page below will give you a list of all the various benign and malignant soft tissue tumors. Until you have the pathology report back from your biopsy any guessing as to what type of tumor you have will be speculation so concentrate on keeping your spirits up and getting organized. You have at least one major surgery in your near future so you need to concentrate on the things you know and can control and not spend time worrying trouble until trouble worries you.

http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic377.htm

I would get a referral to a teaching hospital or major cancer center for surgery by an expert orthopedic surgeon who works exclusively with tumors located in or near joints. This will give you much better odds on maintaining good knee function after the surgery than if your surgeon is less experienced and just doing the best job he can.

good luck  (+ info)

Is it bad to eat 180 calories right before bed?

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I have ate 600 calories today and weigh 190 i burned 500-600 calaries at the gym today, and 180 of those calories are right before im about to goto bed...will this make me fat?
It's okay every once in a while,
just make sure that you don't eat 3 hours before you go to bed.  (+ info)

Is my homebrew going to be ok since I let it get up to 180 degrees during the boil?

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Today is bottling day for my Ruby red IPA. Two weeks ago when I boiled the wort I used a larger burner on my stove. I had not realized it was a larger burner and the beer boiled much quicker and got up to 180 degrees. For what it's worthI used a grain/extract.
I highly doubt you’ll have a problem. The “boil” temperature and length can affect grain/hop flavors infused into the wort along with the types of grains/hops used. For instance, if you’re making a whit that you only want to lightly spice, you’d add your bitter orange peal, coriander, ect... during your last 5-10 minutes of the boil. For stronger more pronounce flavor, you could introduce them earlier in the boil. Volume measurements and time length are the main differences between my homebrew IPA and someone else’s aside from ingredients.  (+ info)

For a 180 pounds and 5'4 is 1000 calories a good intake to loose weight?

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I am 180 ponds and 5'4 I exerise every dy for at least 2 hours, will reducing my calories down to 1000 per day help me loose alot more weight or just moderate, any suggestions for fast weight loss?
You will lose weight like crazy until you go in to starvation mode. Then your metabolism will slow and your body will start to cling to everything you eat. You will start to gain weight, but still be starving. Instead try this. 1200 ABSOLUTE LOWEST. Aim for no more than 1500 to lose weight, but eat food honey, you need it to live. 2 hours is ridiculous, but if it is light excersize and works in your schedule, all the power to you. Maybe go for 1-1.5 hours. Don't forget to take an excersize break day every once and a while to let the muscles rebuild themselves. Luck to you, I have a good feeling you will succeed in your weight loss efforts!  (+ info)

What is the difference between 80's, 100's, 140's, and 180's dress shirts?

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Recently I've been interested in learning what the difference was in men's dress shirts regarding those numbers. I noticed that some shirts were 100's and some shirts were 80's or 140's or 180's. I couldn't find any answers online and wondered why the 180's seemed to be the most expensive ones (other than the obvious fact that they had a higher number attached to them).

Also, they were advertised as either cotton, linen, polyester, broadcloth, poplin, or pinpoint. What's the difference between broadcloth, poplin, and pinpoint? Thanks!
It has to do with the thread count per inch. The more threads per inch, both vertical and horizontal, the higher the quality and softer the fabric. It works similar with bedsheets with the higher numbers being 300, 400 and up.  (+ info)

What is a good way for a woman that weighs 180 lbs to get to 140 lbs in a year?

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Shes 5'8" and 180 lbs. I need to find a way to get her weight down or she's gunna do it herself which = bulemia or anorexia. Not good. She's big-boned as well, so any tips or tricks would be MUCH appreciated :\
Start by diet and small exercises to begin to get in shape. The diet doesn't have to be strict, occasionally she can eat foods she like and she'll still lose weight as long as it's not often. Anyways, eat better, and the better she eats, the more likely she is able to have energy to exercise. After that, it should already be a great start and carry on from there. You should know what foods are healthy or not. Also the exercise could be a small walk every now and then to start.  (+ info)

What is unspecified Sarcoma and how bad is it for a 39 year old woman?

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She is a friend and told me what she had and I just am trying to understand what it is and how bad things are. She had 8 tumors in her leg.
It means that they don't know exactly what type she has yet.
Sarcoma is a cancer of the connective tissue. The connective tissue includes muscle, bone, fat, nerve, cartilage, blood vessel, and deep skin tissue. Connective tissue is present throughout the body, so sarcoma can occur in any location. Two thirds of sarcomas are located in the extremities (arms or legs). Because it is so rare and it takes multiple forms in multiple locations, sarcoma is difficult to detect, often misdiagnosed and complex to treat.
My oldest brother had soft tissue Sarcoma (fibro) of the cervical spine...he was diagnosed when the cancer was in "stageIV" and there wasn't much they could do...Sarcomas are very complex to treat!... The prognosis with sarcomas is poor unfortunately:-(

Some of the most common subtypes of sarcoma are listed below.

Liposarcomas are malignant tumors which develop from fat tissue. They can develop anywhere in the body, but they most often grow in the retroperitoneum (tissue at the back of the abdominal cavity).


Leiomyosarcomas are malignant tumors which develop from smooth muscle tissue. (Smooth muscle is the type of muscle over which your brain does not have conscious control like the muscle fibers in the uterus or in the walls of blood vessels.) They can arise anywhere in the body but the uterus or gastrointestinal tract are two relatively common locations for leiomyosarcoma.


Rhabdomyosarcoma are malignant tumors which resemble developing skeletal muscle. These tumors most commonly grow in the arms or legs, but can also develop in the head or neck area, as well as the urinary and reproductive organs.


Synovial Sarcoma is a malignant tumor made up of cells which resemble the cells in joints. ("Synovial cells" line the joints.) However, synovial sarcoma does not necessarily arise in any joint, and the name is probably a misnomer, since the cancer cells are probably quite different from normal joint cells. Synovial sarcomas can arise in any location in the body, and it often appears in young adults.


Angiosarcoma are malignant tumors that resemble blood or lymphatic vessels.


Fibrosarcoma is cancer of the fibroblast-type cells in the body which form scars and do other important connective functions.


Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor (MPNST) is a cancer of the cells that surround nerves -- it is also called neurofibrosarcoma.


Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) also known as GI Stromal Sarcoma is an increasingly recognized diagnosis of connective tissue cancerous cells which support the GI tract.


Desmoid Tumor is not strictly a sarcoma since it is not technically a malignancy. However, since it has risk of coming back, it is a tumor which generally should be managed by a team skilled in sarcoma management.


Ewing's Sarcoma is also known as Peripheral Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET). It is a class of diseases which arise from very primitive cells in the body. Although this is usually thought of as a bone tumor, Ewing Sarcoma is increasingly recognized to arise in soft tissues in the body as well.


Osteosarcoma (also known as osteogenic sarcoma) is a tumor of cells which form bone.

Chondrosarcoma is a tumor of cells which form cartilage.  (+ info)

What are the stages of Kaposi Sarcoma?

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I'm trying to research for the stages of Kaposi Sarcoma (type of cancer), however I can't find and valid sites with the proper information. Help please!
You can find legitimate information for Kaposi sarcoma at the National Cancer Institute. Staging is a bit different with Kaposi which uses the TIS system. The TIS measures the size of the tumor, status of immune system, and spred of disease:

NCI: Kaposi sarcoma
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/kaposis/Patient

You can find staging at cancer.net, which is the ASCO website:

cancer.net: Kaposi sarcoma TIS staging information
http://www.cancer.net/patient/Cancer+Types/Sarcoma+-+Kaposis?sectionTitle=Staging  (+ info)

Help a friend of mine wants to loose 180 pounds during the summer?

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He weights 387pounds and he's really determined to loose 180 pounds in three months is that possible
To lose 180 pounds in 3 months you would need to burn 7000 calories a day. Assuming he uses 2500 calories a day by living and moving about (although its probably less than this) he would need to eat nothing at all and use 4500 calories extra a day through exercise. That would require him to walk for about 13 hours a day without stopping. This is clearly impossible.  (+ info)

I got heart rate to 180 for running treadmill, is it too fast for me?

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I am 51 years old with good health and exercise at least 5 times a week. I got heart rate to 180 for running treadmill(7+ miles per hour for over 10 mins), one of my good friend told me yesterday that was too fast for my age and bad for my health. Is that ture?

Thanks in advance.
The ideal rate is 220 - your age. So 220 - 51 is 169. You were a little over but not a lot.. Try to go 170 and keep it there for 10 minutes you will get a superb cardio workout.  (+ info)

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