CANCER - LIPOSARCOMA -YONDELIS

I really don't know where to began?  It all started about 12 years ago....my dad went to the doctor with a hernia, they found more!  He has a rare cancer, called Liposarcoma.  Twelve years later, two surguries and rounds a radation, his liposarcoma decided it was going to have a growth sput of it's own.  Why does cancer sometimes just stay there, nothing for a long period of time and then it just over night starts to grow again?  I don't know!  This time he had two rounds of chemo, which he could not take well at all, so they started him on a clinical trail chemo called YONDELIS.  This type of chemo has been used to treat sarcoma, breast and ovarian cancers.  He has had 3 or 4 treatments now and seems to be doing okay with it.  It is nothing like the typical type of chemo.  Why it's in the clinical trails still, I have no idea!  This chemo is given once every three to four weeks, for 24 hours.  You can actually move around while taking the treatment and go about your normal activities.  My dad goes home with his treatment, which is in a fanny type bag and goes back 24 hours later and they disconnect him!  If you would like more information on Cancer, Liposarcoma or Yondelis, I would suggest that you type in your search engine those words.  There is alot of good information out there that can help! 

What is cancer? 

Cancer is a disease of cells. It is an abnormal growth of cells which tend to proliferate in an uncontrolled way and, in some cases, to metastasize (spread).  (medicinenet.com)