| What we now know is that we are all deficient in | | | | who have Paget's disease (a bone disease) may |
| dietary glyconutrients today, thus opening us up to | | | | have an increased risk. Secondary/ bone cancer is |
| this disease, and others. We are thrusting aside our | | | | the most common bone cancer. It is a cancer that |
| health and in this way how we are paying with the | | | | starts somewhere else in the body and spreads |
| entry of new diseases in our body. The human body | | | | (metastasises) to the bone. The most common |
| is made of more than 200 bones. The bones support | | | | cancers that spread to the bone are cancers of the |
| the body and protect organs such as the heart and | | | | breast, prostate, lung, kidney and thyroid. Cancers |
| lungs. Bones are made of cells called osteocytes, | | | | that begin in the bone are quite rare. On the other |
| which are bound together by a calcium-like material | | | | hand, it is not unusual for cancers to spread to the |
| to give the bone strength. Bones are filled with a | | | | bones from other parts of the body. When this |
| spongy material called bone marrow. / marrow makes | | | | happens, the disease is not called bone cancer. Each |
| blood cells. The bones in the body serve several | | | | type of cancer is named for the organ or the tissue |
| purposes. They support and protect internal organs | | | | in which it begins. Cancer that spreads is the same |
| (for example, the skull protects the brain and the ribs | | | | disease and has the same name as the original |
| protect the lungs). Muscles pull against the bones to | | | | cancer. Treatment for cancer that has spread to the |
| make the body move. Bone marrow makes and | | | | bones depends on where the cancer started and the |
| stores blood cells. Bone cancer can be a primary | | | | extent of the spread Pain is the most common |
| cancer (starts in the bone) or a secondary cancer | | | | symptom of bone cancer. However, symptoms may |
| (starts in another part of the body and spreads to | | | | vary depending on the location and size of the |
| the bone). Primary bone cancer, or cancer that starts | | | | cancer. Tumors that occur in or near joints may / |
| in the bone, is quite rare. The cancer that begins in | | | | swelling or tenderness in the affected area. Bone |
| the bone is called primary bone cancer. It is found | | | | cancer can also interfere with normal movements and |
| most often in the arms and legs, but it can occur in | | | | can weaken the bones, occasionally leading to a |
| any bone in the body. Less than one per cent of | | | | fracture. Other symptoms may include fatigue, fever, |
| people with bone cancer have primary bone cancer. | | | | weight loss, and anemia. None of these symptoms is |
| The most common type of primary bone cancer is | | | | a sure sign of cancer. They may also be caused by |
| osteosarcoma. Children and young people are more | | | | other, less serious conditions. It is important to check |
| likely than adults to have bone cancer. The causes of | | | | with a doctor. |
| primary bone cancer are not known; however, adults | | | | |