Bones and Bone Cancer, What You Should Know About

It is derived from the bone – primary bone cancer – is rare. It is relatively uncommon compared with secondary or metastatic cancer. It can also develop their bone structures, such as bone marrow and connective tissues. With modern methods of treatment, the outlook in many patients is significantly improved. There are three types:

1. osteosarcoma – become a growing bones, usually between the age of 10 and 25.
2. Chondrosarcoma – Begins with the cartilage, usually 50 years of age
3. Ewing’s sarcoma – begins in nerve tissue in the bone marrow of young people, after treatment of another condition with radiation or chemotherapy.

Cancer cells, causing problems that make bone. Tumors occur most commonly in children and adolescents and are less common in older adults. Parents of this disorder in adults is most often the result of metastatic spread to another tumor. The primary it is unknown, but hereditary factors, environmental factors, trauma or excessive radiation therapy may be mostly due to bone cancer involved. Multiple myeloma may also affect bones. The incidence of this disease is higher in patients with Pagets disease, degenerative disease.

The first symptom is usually pain or tenderness near the bone. It due to stretching of periosteum is a cancer, or by stimulating nerves inside the bone. It can be difficult to distinguish. The usual low back pain or arthritis. In general, it due to metastasis is fairly constant, even at night. It may worse in various positions such as standing up, which packed the weight of cancer in which the bone. If it continues more than a week or two, does not seem to be going away, and unlike other pain that can be seen, it would be evaluate a doctor. Pain and tenderness is influenced bones. It is often dull and local, and often in night. Swelling or less detectable tumor mass, or around the primary tumor site. (swelling does not usually happen metastatic tumor.) greater susceptibility to fractures (such as healthy cells are replaced by a malignant them). Other Symptoms may vary depending on the location and size of cancer. Surgery is often the most important treatment. Other treatments may include amputation, chemotherapy and radiation.