Rare form of Rhabdomyosarcoma

Hello everyone 

I was wondering if anyone had any advice/help they could offer us as we are becoming quite desperate and unfortunately starting to lose hope. My daughter is only 20 months young and she has a Rhabdo tumour in her lung... if that wasn't bad enough the tumour has wrapped itself around the hearts main artery. Surgery we have been told will be very dangerous and they won't be able to remove all of the disease.. also radiotherapy isn't an option as this could affect/damage her heart... we are solely relying on chemo and unfortunately results from her last CT scan showed the mass had spread slightly.... we are willing to try anything and go anywhere to save our little girl. Any help advice would be so so appreciated. Thank you xx

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  • Hello AnnaG1989, 

    Welcome to Cancer Chat! I am so sorry to hear your little girl has been diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma. That is truly devastating and as a parent it must be unbearable to be told that the surgery will be very dangerous and radiotherapy isn't an option either. 

    Hopefully despite the results from her last CT scan, chemotherapy will start working well and help reduce the tumour. I am keeping everything crossed for you and your little one. This is all so sad and I just wanted you to know that we are all here for you anytime you need to offload or talk to others who understand what you are going through. 

    I hope that you will hear from other parents who have sadly been in a similar situation and looked after a little one with cancer or others on the forum who have been affected by rhabdomyosarcoma.

    We're thinking of you during this difficult time and if you wanted to have a chat about this with our cancer nurses, they have a free helpline you are welcome to ring on 0808 800 4040 - their line is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. 

    Best wishes, 

    Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

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  • Hello AnnaG1989, 

    Welcome to Cancer Chat! I am so sorry to hear your little girl has been diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma. That is truly devastating and as a parent it must be unbearable to be told that the surgery will be very dangerous and radiotherapy isn't an option either. 

    Hopefully despite the results from her last CT scan, chemotherapy will start working well and help reduce the tumour. I am keeping everything crossed for you and your little one. This is all so sad and I just wanted you to know that we are all here for you anytime you need to offload or talk to others who understand what you are going through. 

    I hope that you will hear from other parents who have sadly been in a similar situation and looked after a little one with cancer or others on the forum who have been affected by rhabdomyosarcoma.

    We're thinking of you during this difficult time and if you wanted to have a chat about this with our cancer nurses, they have a free helpline you are welcome to ring on 0808 800 4040 - their line is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. 

    Best wishes, 

    Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

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