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Cancer that originates in the bones of a human body is referred to as bone cancer. Any bone could come under the threat of this disease but generally the longer bones of your body, so to say the bones of your limbs, are at a greater risk.
A few factors that might push you an inch closer to bone cancer are;
1. Genes could jinx your health- A few typical genetic syndromes could increase a person's chances of contracting bone cancer. These syndromes could have been active in any...more
A few factors that might push you an inch closer to bone cancer are;
1. Genes could jinx your health- A few typical genetic syndromes could increase a person's chances of contracting bone cancer. These syndromes could have been active in any...more
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Bone cancer is a rare form of cancer in the cancer family. It affects one of the bones of your body and spreads to other bones. But, more often, it has the tendency to affect the long bone in the legs and the arms. There are many types of bone cancers. While some of them can affect children, the others typically affect the adults. This type of cancer is different than those cancers which get initiated from other parts of the body and spread to the bones.
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Cancer that originates in the bones of a human body is referred to as bone cancer. Any bone could come under the threat of this disease but generally the longer bones of your body, so to say the bones of your limbs, are at a greater risk.
A few factors that might push you an inch closer to bone cancer are;
1. Genes could jinx your health- A few typical genetic syndromes could increase a person's chances of contracting bone cancer. These syndromes could have been active in any...more
A few factors that might push you an inch closer to bone cancer are;
1. Genes could jinx your health- A few typical genetic syndromes could increase a person's chances of contracting bone cancer. These syndromes could have been active in any...more
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Very unusual location for bone cancer. So I think you should not worry about it. Unless, there is some visible swelling and growing rapidly.
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Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
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Bone cancer is a cancerous tumour in the bone, destroying the normal bone tissues. Tumours on bone tissues are not always cancerous or malignant, they are mostly benign. Primary bone cancer is when the malignant tumour begins to form in the tissues of the bones, but when these cancerous cells spread to other body parts like breasts, prostate or lungs, it is called metastatic cancer. Primary bone cancer is less common than metastatic cancer.
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Bone cancer can be of three different types:
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Patient on chemotherapy or targeted therapy can have all types of home based food only. But all food stuff should be fresh and cooked. Those who are on targeted therapy should not have grapes and ita juice.
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Hi, kindly send me all reports for staging and treatment. Even in stage 4 ,osteosarcoma is curable. It all depends on location of tumor, number of metastatic lesion. First neo adjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery if operable then adjuvant chemotherapy. 1st consult medical Oncologist,
Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
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All living creatures work on energy and a smooth functioning of the different metabolic processes in the body. The energies or prana/chi/qi are of different kinds and have their own distinct path of flow and influence. Air energy is better known as the air we breathe and from younger days we learn in school books that air purifies the blood in the lungs. The nose, the windpipe are the pathways and the transfer of energy happens in the lungs, on the blood. This blood feeds/influences the health...more
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Hip replacement surgery is a method wherein a defective hip joint is removed and replaced with an artificial hip joint. This procedure is only opted for after all the other treatments have failed to yield the desired effects. Hip replacement surgery removes damaged or diseased parts of a hip joint and replaces them with new, man-made parts. The goals of this surgery are to:
Relieve pain
Help the hip joint work better
Improve walking and other movements.
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Relieve pain
Help the hip joint work better
Improve walking and other movements.
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We have more than 200 bones in our body and each of them is susceptible to bone cancer. However, long bones in the arms and legs are most susceptible to this condition. Bone cancer can be primary or secondary. Primary bone cancer involves uncontrolled and abnormal cell division within the bones while secondary bone cancer refers to cancer that originated somewhere else in the body and later spread to the bones. While children and adults are equally at risk for primary bone cancer, adults and eld...more
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