I wonder if there are any medically trained people here on MN who could shed some light on this... I'm turning it over and over in my mind and can't make sense of it....My DH has been under investigation for possible cancer for the past 9 months. At last, just over a week ago, we saw the oncologist together for his diagnosis. We were told it's thought to be a rare kind of soft tissue or spinal bone sarcoma. However, they can't identify the sub-type and are therefore seeking an opinion from another specialist hospital. We were told this could take a further 4-5 weeks... huge sigh😔 My DH has a lot of pain and is pretty immobile. What I can't understand so far is the consultant said it's "treatable but not curable" - they won't be doing spinal surgery to remove the tumour. Radiotherapy is proposed. My DH suggested this is because it's something he can live with that's controllable and the consultant nodded.?? My DH is always the optimist but I was worried. I didn't like to ask more when my DH didn't pursue the point and the consultant didn't offer further information. My DH asked if it's probably low grade as he's quite stable, although struggles with walking.?? The consultant agreed and put this in her follow up letter. But I can't understand how something "low grade" has already been labelled incurable even though they haven't decided on the exact type of cancer yet . Surely it's best to operate before the cancer spreads (it's already affected a vertabra and there's a pelvic fracture). It's so hard being drip fed information and now having to wait weeks before a treatment plan can be discussed and this just doesn't make sense to me!!