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How are bone cancer and cancer of the bone marrow different?
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Big difference: Bone cancer is the cancer of bony part of the bone and cancer of the bone marrow is the cancer of blood.
Answered 8/20/2013
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Different cancers: Bone cancer refers to actual cancer occuring in the bone tissues and cells of bone like osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, and ewing sarcoma. Cancer in the bone marrow is called leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma which can involve both bone and marrow.
Answered 9/26/2018
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