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Is it possible to have bone cancer with normal blood tests?
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Yes possible: Bone cancers may not show in the blood or will show in late stage only.
Answered 10/26/2013
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Yes: I have taken care of children with primary nine cancers that had normal blood tests. X-rays were abnormal.
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