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Lung leiomyosarcoma is a rare disease that consists of tumors in the soft tissues of your body, such as the lungs. It is most often malignant; however, there are treatments to remove these tumors.

Surgery
1. Surgery can be used to obtain soft tissue for diagnosis and for removing the actual tumor.

Chemotherapy
2. Chemotherapy consists of many cancer-fighting drugs that attack the cancerous soft tissue cells on the lung.

Radiation
3. Radiation oncologists may apply high-energy radiation beams to the tissues containing sarcoma to try to shrink or kill the cancer cells.

Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT)
4. This delivers beams of radiation to the cancer cells during surgery, allowing doctors to administer high levels of radiation to the tumor without exposing organs nearby.

Brachytherapy
5. Often used post-surgery, brachytherapy allows for a higher than normal dose of radiation to be placed near the tumor. The radiation source is placed within the body near the tumor or within a body cavity and may be permanently left in place

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Causes and Risk Factors
Wilms tumor is the most common form of kidney cancer in childhood and its exact cause in most children is unknown.
The absence of the iris (aniridia) is a birth defect sometimes associated with Wilms’ tumor. Other birth defects linked to this type of kidney cancer include certain urinary tract problems and enlargement of one side of the body, a condition called hemihypertrophy.
It is more common among some siblings and twins, suggesting a possible genetic cause.
The disease occurs in about 1 in every 200,000 to 250,000 children. It usually strikes when a child is about three years and rarely occurs after age 8. Read the rest of this entry »