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Can you be tested for bone cancer?
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Many different types: There are many different types of bone cancers. There are no good screening tests for vast majority of such tumors. One exception being multiple myeloma for which serum protein electrophoresis and free serum light chain tests provide a decent test. Multiple myeloma usually occurs in persons older than 40 years.
Answered 7/21/2012
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