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:: Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) Defined ::

Leiomyosarcoma (Gr. Leio- =smooth, myo- = muscle, sarcoma = fleshy growth) is a type of sarcoma which is a neoplasm of smooth muscle. (When a uterine neoplasm is benign, it is a leiomyoma.) Smooth muscle cells make up the involuntary muscles, which are found in most parts of the body: in uterus, stomach and intestines, walls of all blood vessels, and skin. It is therefore possible for leiomyosarcomas to appear at any site in the body. It is however most commonly found in the stomach, small intestine and retroperitoneum.

Leiomyosarcoma is a very rare cancer. It makes up 5-10% of soft tissue sarcomas, which are in themselves rare cancers.

:: About Leiomyosarcoma ::

Leiomyosarcoma is a form of cancer that affects the smooth muscle of the body. It spreads through the blood stream and can affect the lungs, liver, blood vessels, or any other soft tissue in the body.

LMS is a type of sarcoma which is a neoplasm of smooth muscle. Smooth muscle cells make up the involuntary muscles, which are found in most parts of the body: in the uterus, stomach and intestines, walls of all blood vessels, and skin.

Leiomyosarcoma is a very rare cancer. It makes up 7% of soft tissue sarcomas; in all, LMS affects 4 out of 1,000,000 people.

Presently there is no cure. Remission can be attained, but this rare cancer can reappear at any time. Because of its rarity, few doctors know how to treat it and it attracts very little research.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Jordan to have cancer scan

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Jordan is not looking forward to the cancer tests

Glamour model advised to get checked out after previous scare

Saturday, 19 September 2009

Jordan is to have tests to see if she has cancer.

The glamour model - real name Katie Price - had leiomyosarcoma, a form of the disease that attacks the smooth muscle cells, removed from her finger in 2002.

‘I'm not looking forward to it,' says Jordan. 'It takes three hours and they inject you with iodine.

‘The doctor said I should have one because the cancer I had before was linked to stress and because I'm stressed again he told me to get it done.'

But Jordan, 31, plans to keep quiet about the results.

‘I'm not going to say any more about it,' she writes in her OK! diary.

‘I know people will twist it and say I'm talking about it to get sympathy or something.'

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