HCG Cancer Centre, Bengaluru, Performs Life-Saving Surgery on 28-Day-Old Infant with Rare 11.3×9.8 cm Fibrosarcoma
HCG Cancer Centre, Bengaluru, Performs Life-Saving Surgery on 28-Day-Old Infant with Rare 11.3×9.8 cm FibrosarcomaBengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 17: In a landmark achievement for oncology in orthopedics, HCG Cancer Centre, Bangalore, gave a new lease of life to a 28-day-old baby girl battling Infantile Fibrosarcoma, one of the rarest soft-tissue cancers seen in newborns. The baby was born at another hospital with a small swelling on her right forearm that grew alarmingly within days into a massive tumour measuring 11.3 cm × 9.8 cm, engulfing her tiny forearm and hand. She had already been evaluated at multiple hospitals, where amputation was suggested as the only option, leaving her parents devastated. But at HCG Cancer Centre Bangalore, a multidisciplinary team of over 14–16 supe...
