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Can bone cancer damage the nerves and paralyze the arm or leg with the tumor?
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Yes: When the spine or sacrum is involved, nerve root irritation or compression can result in back pain, radiculopathy, or symptoms of compression to spinal cord compression such as weakness or loss of bowel and/or bladder control..
Answered 3/18/2012
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Yes: Bone cancers often pierce through the cortex, outer shell, of the bone and invade surrounding tissue. This spread can involve any tissue in the vicinity, including nerves. If the nerves are involved and damaged by the tumor, the muscles supplied by the nerves will not function.
Answered 7/31/2016
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