What are Malignant Fibrous Histiocytomas?

7. Surgery

Surgery can treat malignant fibrous histiocytomas and stop the tumors from growing or spreading to the lymph nodes. Ideally, the surgeon will remove the layer of normal tissue around the tumor at the same time, to ensure the removal of all the cancerous tissue. If removing this tissue proves impossible and the tumor is on a limb, doctors may consider amputation. If removal of the tissue around the tumor and amputation are both impossible due to the location of the tumor or other factors, surgeons will often remove as much malignant tissue as they can and treat the patient with chemotherapy at the same time. This reduces the risk of any remaining cancerous tissue growing or spreading.

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