Bone Cancer
Challenges are what make life interesting, overcome them makes life meaningful. Bone tumors grow when cells in bone divide without control forming a mass tissue:
- Weakens bone
- Breaks bone
- Other related bone problems
- Spread to other parts of bode- METASTASIS
There are various bone cancer symptoms and types:
Most Common Type of Bone Cancer:-
Osteosarcoma: (Primary Bone Cancer)
- of young adult)
- In adults its
- Most common site- knee, upper arm
- Age: (teen
- referred as paget’s disease
Ewing’s Sarcoma:(Primary Bone Cancer)
- Age- 5- 20yrs
- Site: ribs, pelvis, legs and upper arm
Chondrosarcoa: age 40 – 70 years (cancer of cartilage cells)
Multiple Myeloma: bone marrow cancer( bone marrow is soft tissue)
Diagnostic Investigation:
- X-ray
- Blood investigations
- Biopsy
Symptoms of bone cancer:
- Pain in area of tumor
- Pain is dull and aching
- May get worsen with activity
- Pain is so severe that it wakes at night
- Fever
- Chills
- Swelling around bone
- Lumping
Bone Cancer is Removed by Surgery
Other treatment options include: radiation therapy, chemotherapy, targeted drug therapy, immunotherapy
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