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What Is a Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor? Understand Your Disease
Desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) is a rare, aggressive cancer. This disease mostly occurs as multiple masses in the abdomen, but it can also develop in other parts of the body. DSRCT in the stomach may not be found until the tumors have grown to an enormous size. As a result, the disease often spreads to the lymph nodes, liver, lungs, or bones by the time it is diagnosed.
Symptoms of Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor
A patient with DSRCT may experience abdominal swelling, pain, cramping, constipation, gas, vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, and lack of appetite. Other reported symptoms include hormonal imbalance, thyroid conditions, kidney or urological problems, blood clotting, and masses in the testicle, vagina, breast, uterus, or ovaries.
If you experience one or more of these symptoms, it is crucial to consult your doctor to receive immediate diagnosis and treatment.
Risks Factors and Prevention
Because DSRCT is rare, many of its characteristics still require further research. As of today, no known risk factors have been identified to this disease. The tumor, however, appears to stem from the primitive cells of childhood. Research has also shown that there is a chimeric relationship between desmoplastic small round cell tumor, Ewing's sarcoma, and Wilms' tumor. Together with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and neuroblastoma, they form the small cell tumors.
Since medical scientists do not know the specific causes and risk factors for this disease, it is not yet possible to prevent it. However, making healthy lifestyle choices may help reduce your risk of many diseases, which may include DSRCT.
Tests for Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumors
Since many family physicians or oncologists are unfamiliar with DSRCT, it is not always found until later in the disease. If symptoms persist after visiting your family doctor, it is important to see a cancer specialist. Desmoplastic small round cell tumors have a distinct genetic abnormality that helps confirm the diagnosis.
Tests for DSRCT begin with a thorough examination of your body, including blood work and a physical exam. Your doctor may take sample tissues through a biopsy, and order imaging tests such as an X-ray, CT scan, and MRI scan to generate detailed views of the affected area.
Alternative Treatments for DSRCT
New Hope Unlimited is committed to restoring your body’s disease-free condition. Our medical and scientific professionals have devoted years in developing anti-tumor protocols that regenerate the body from the inside out. We also understand that treating your illness is only half the work. Hence, our holistic protocols address cancer from a physical, emotional, and spiritual perspective. With our care, there is New Hope in becoming free of your disease.
Our Promise
- Advanced Cancer Treatments
- Top-Rated Physicians
- Personal Care
- Patient Satisfaction
Our Top-of-the-Line Medical Facilities
At New Hope Unlimited, we pride ourselves in providing superior comfort, cleanliness, and cancer care at our 8,000 square foot medical treatment center in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico. We worked with renowned architects and contractors to create the ideal space for recovery, which includes state-of-the-art lounge areas and spacious private in-rooms that assure the comfort of our patients and their loved ones.
To make our patients feel right at home, each private ward is equipped with high-definition U.S. television, quality bedding, and high-speed internet connection. And with proper nutrition playing a vital role in cancer recovery, New Hope Unlimited also fulfills the dietary needs of each patient using fresh, organic produce to prepare breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and dinners.
Comfort and cleanliness are also strictly implemented in our medical treatment rooms, which are equipped with the latest medical supplies and technology to provide the highest standard of care and treatment. Our medical center also has an in-house Hyperbaric Chamber, a well-established therapy for decompression sickness, exclusively available for our patients’ use.
Further, New Hope Unlimited has maintained its exceptional partnership with Hospital Migoo, a medical group comprised of certified physicians and specialists committed to our patients’ care and well-being.
FAQs
1. Who is at risk for desmoplastic small round cell tumors?
DSRCT primarily affects men no older than 30, but it is also possible for young women to develop this disease. Fewer than 200 cases have been reported, and about 85 percent of patients are Caucasian.
2. How does New Hope Unlimited boost the immune system?
We provide individualized treatment programs after a careful evaluation of each patient’s current medical and physical condition. Levorotatory Vitamin C, for example, may be one of the holistic therapies we use, which helps stimulate the body’s natural defenses by strengthening the immune system.
