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                        Dear Kathie, I read your message about leiomyosarcoma.  In January 2002 my doctor felt a mass on my right ovary.  I had an ultrasound that confirmed this mass.  I was sent to gyn and she planned to remove my ovaries (I had a hysterectomy in 1975) and requested that I have a ct scan.  The scan showed a mass on my right kidney and I was thought to have renal cell carcinoma.  In March my ovaries were removed.  The mass was benign.  My right kidney was removed.  The diagnosis - leiomyosarcoma.  I have had a bone scan and a lung scan and both are normal.  I will be having these scans every 6 months for 5 years.  I feel blessed that this was found before I had symptoms of any disease.  I just wish I knew more about it.  I will keep you in my prayers and would like to know about your progress.  Gwen