A small, implantable device that researchers are calling a cancer “super-attractor” could eventually give doctors an early warning of relapse in breast cancer patients and even slow the disease’s spread to other organs in the body.
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Age Getting older is a strong risk factor for lymphoma overall, with most cases occurring in people in their 60s or older. But some types of lymphoma are more common in younger people.
Gender Overall, the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma is higher in men than in women, but there are certain types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that are more common in women. The reasons for this are not known.
Linda, a uterine leiomyosarcoma survivor shares her story
How did you discover that you had sarcoma?
I had a vaginal hysterectomy in 1992 in Houston, where we lived, and soon after, I felt a lump in my abdomen that was suspected fibroids. When I had surgery to remove them in 1995, the surgeon found fibroids as well as a tumor in my pelvis. The tumor was a surprise and turned out to be uterine leiomyosarcoma. The surgeon referred me to University of Texas-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.