CancerCompass message board discussion started by Imatarb on 1/8/2006 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,3965,0.htm Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Hi all, I am happy to have found this board, as a diagnosis of sarcoma is extremely frightening. My mother was diagnosed on 11/22/05 with sarcoma, specifically malignant fibrous histiocytoma. The primary site of her cancer is on a posterior muscle in her neck on the right side. The protocol so far has been two separate 72-hour rounds of chemotherapy in hopes of shrinking the tumor. Hopefully, since her cancer is high grade and fast-growing, the chemo will do its thing and shrink the tumor. After the chemo, there will be an MRI (January 11th) to determine tumor size, and then she will meet with a neck surgeon on January 16th to discuss surgical options. I'm sure there will be radiotherapy to follow to enusre clean margins. Has anyone else been diagnosed with MFH in a site other than extremities. We are aware of how rare the neck as a primary site is, but wondered if by chance there might be others fighting the same fight. Thanks for listening, Lisa Imatarb Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT