About Bone Cancer
Bone cancer can starts from the bone themselves or spread from somewhere else in the body (for example, a person affected by breast tumors, and then spread to the bone and then gnaw the bone). There are three kinds of tumors of the bone cancer; osteosarcoma, Ewing’s sarcoma, and Chondrosarcoma.
Bone cancer can starts from the bone themselves or spread from somewhere else in the body (for example, a person affected by breast tumors, and then spread to the bone and then gnaw the bone). There are three kinds of tumors of the bone cancer; osteosarcoma, Ewing’s sarcoma, and Chondrosarcoma.
The difference bone cancer with Osteoporosis
Bone cancer and Osteoporosis is clearly different, Osteoporosis characterized by the fragility of bones, caused by calcium deficiency. Osteoporosis usually occurs in elderly people. Bone cancer can attack at all age and the cause is not clearly and easy to identify.
Bone Cancer Symptoms
Not all bone cancer have symptoms or signs. For symptoms of benign bone tumors, usually the patient felt no pain at all. Sometimes people do not that they have bone cancer, this cancer clearly identify after x-ray test. But The most common symptom of bone tumors is pain. In most cases, the symptoms become gradually more severe with time. Initially, pain may be present only at night or when have a hard activity, depending on the tumors stage. Other bone cancer symptoms: Fever, chills, night sweats, and weight loss can occur but are much less common. These symptoms are more common after the tumor has spread to other tissues in the body.
Bone Cancer Treatment
Nearly, every malignant bone cancer was always performed amputation to avoid death. Now there is more “respectable” way to cure this cancer. Expert has develop new way to cure bone cancer and this method has more than 80% success rate. If the cancer not spread yet the bone may be patched or cemented, but if the cancer has spread the cure can be done with limb salvage method. Limb salvage is replace the sick or removed bone with other bone from donors.
Diagnosing Bone Cancer
First thing your doctor will do is take your complete medical history. This will give your doctor clues to your diagnosis. Some types of cancer is common in people if they have family members who have type of cancer. Clearly description of your symptoms can help your doctor identify the possibility of bone cancer. Next, a complete physical examination can help find the cause of your pain. This may include muscle strength test, touch and reflexes test. Certain blood tests may be ordered to help identify a possible cancer. Others way to identify bone cancer is take X-rays.
A CT scan is a more advanced tests that can provide a cross sectional picture of your bones. This test provides very good detail of your bones and better chance to identify a possible tumor. CT scan also provides additional information on the size and location of the tumor.
An MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is another advanced tests that can also provide cross sectional images. MRI provides better detail of soft tissues including muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, and blood vessels rather than a CT scan. This test can provide better detail on whether or not the tumor has broken through the bone and bone involving the soft tissues surrounding it.
