A 54-year-old member asked:
how are bone cancer and cancer of the bone marrow different?
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Dr. M. Jan answered
65 years experience Family Medicine
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 on Aug 20, 2013
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