Question 1

usually, what are the signs of bone cancer?

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Pain and swelling.: Usually, patients present with pain and swelling of the affected area.  Some bone tumors, like osteosarcoma, affect the distal femur, proximal tibia, and humerus.  Chondrosarcomas are seen in the shoulder and pelvis, while ewing's sarcomas are in teenagers and are seen in long bones and flat bones.  Multiple myeloma has bone pain in the back and ribs.  Each has a different x-ray appearance.

Question 2

what are the signs of possible bone cancer?

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Pain most often: Most primary and secondary bone tumors present with pain. Some can present as painless enlargement/swelling of a limb or joint. On occasion a bone tumor can be silent until there is enough weakness in the bone for a fracture to occur.

Question 3

what are signs of bone cancer?

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Bone cancer...: Pain and swelling of the bones affected are common symptoms. Other symptoms include: joint tenderness or inflammation, fractures due to bone weakness, and limited range of motion. Non-specific symptoms like fever, unintentional weight loss, fatigue, and anemia can also be symptoms.

Question 4

what kinds of symptoms are signs of bone cancer?

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Last I checked: There are 206 bones in the human. Curiously, bone metastasis affect skull and central skeleton & proximal appendicular. Each bony site is different. Pain is common, fracture of weight bearing bones. Some cause abnormal  increased blood calcium. Cancer starting in bones is very rare (osteo- chondro- sarcoma). Usually in young adults.

Question 5

could you tell me what are really early signs of bone cancer in leg?

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Primary: Bone cancer is rare. A common symptom would be pain.

Question 6

what are signs or symptoms of bone cancer?

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Bone cancer...: Pain and swelling of the bones affected are common symptoms. Other symptoms include: joint tenderness or inflammation, fractures due to bone weakness, and limited range of motion. Non-specific symptoms like fever, unintentional weight loss, fatigue, and anemia can also be symptoms.

Question 7

i had er/pr+ cancer 5 tumors masectomy 2cm .now have high levels of b12 could it be sign of bone cancer?

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No: Unless it is greatly elevated, i'd ignore it.  Occasionally in some of the myeloproliferative diseases (polycythemia vera, cml), b12's carrier may go high. This is not a warning of bone metastases.

Question 8

what are the symptoms of bone cancer, from spread of prostate cancer. pain in lower body bone, or upper and lower body bone? what would be 1st sign?

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Pain at the spot: Pain will ussually be at or close to the area where the metastasis is, especially if there is a fracture.  An exeception would be injury to a nerve that may cause pain distant to the site of injury (for example pain that shoots down the leg in lower spinal nerve damage). Note that patients with multiple sites of bone mets may not hurt the same or at all in each spot. Best to you.

Question 9

what causes bone cancer?

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Dumb back luck: You won't find an environmental cause for any bone cancer apart from the rare ones that arise in pre-existing severe Paget's of bone, rare genetic syndromes or an old radiation port. Recently the news showcased what we pathologists have taught for decades -- the vast majority of cancers are the result of random mutations -- truly random. There's no way to prevent.

Question 10

how is bone cancer treated?

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Depends on origin: If the cancer is the only site and came from the bone, then surgery is the main treatment.  Most commonly its from spread from other cancers to the bone. In this case if their is fracture surgery may be needed, otherwise radiation is used to control pain and symptoms and prevent further destruction of the bone.

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