what are the chances he has cancer?

I am really sorry. My brother Cliff had a similar story and I dont mean to scare you but it was cancer. He was 13 when he got it. It was rhabdomyosarcoma and it can come up anywhere in the body that has muscle. He recieved radiation everday for a month and chemo every week for 10 months. He was really sick then. He would throw up all the time and he lost 40 pounds. So he was only 90 pounds and he was 5 foot 6. My parents got through it though because they had other parents whose children survived help them. CLiff is a survivor of one year.

bloodwork would also give some indication of wether it's cancer although it's not 100%. as a parent you do have the right to know the purpose for each procedure and you can enforce it by telling them you wish to know. The doctor has the right to refuse you the information if and only if he feels that it would cause you undue distress and/or he has already told your husband or other family member.

last item it may simply be an abnormal growth. (non cancerous) which they removed. however they are checking for cancerous cells to confirm. ie why they are not giving you a 100% answer

ps if your child had cancer. he would generally have been weak, lathagic, and in pain before the surgery although this is not something you can determine 100% in pediatric cancers.

It is not appropriate to try and second guess whether this is or is not cancer. However, you mention something about a blood test? Any blood test performed that was actively searching for an infection would be looking at his white cell count. (His white cells are the soldier cells that fight off infection) and if it were cancer, they would be significantly raised also as the body tries to fight off the foreign body within itself.

If his white cell count therefore was normal, there is a very real chance, that this is not cancer. However, this is not 100%, but it gives us hope to cling too. My thoughts are with you and your child.

I would say 50/50, I would ask the doctor to test for Neurofibromatosis its a genetic condition that causes tumors to grow in the bod (it is not the elephant mad disease the elephant man had either Proteus syndrome, also known as Vonrickenhouse disease) I hope this helps, I am a cancer survivor and going through a possible relaps. if it is cancer thee is a good chance he might have a low WBC (white blood cell count)

Oh my GOD , THAT MOST BE HARD FOR U ,BUT BE STRONG AND HE WILL BE FINE THEY KNOW WHEN ITS CANCER ! I WILL PRAY FOR YOU !!!