| A center which works to save the life and limb. Fight | | | | extent of the spread |
| cancer with a smile. Get strength with positive | | | | Pain is the most common symptom of bone cancer. |
| attitude. Bone cancer is the rare illness that causes in | | | | However, symptoms may vary depending on the |
| children more than the adults. | | | | location and size of the cancer. Tumors that occur in |
| What we now know is that we are all deficient in | | | | or near joints may cause swelling or tenderness in |
| dietary glyconutrients today, thus opening us up to | | | | the affected area. Bone cancer can also interfere |
| this disease, and others. We are thrusting aside our | | | | with normal movements and can weaken the bones, |
| health and in this way how we are paying with the | | | | occasionally leading to a fracture. Other symptoms |
| entry of new diseases in our body. | | | | may include fatigue, fever, weight loss, and anemia. |
| The human body is made of more than 200 bones. | | | | None of these symptoms is a sure sign of cancer. |
| The bones support the body and protect organs | | | | They may also be caused by other, less serious |
| such as the heart and lungs. Bones are made of cells | | | | conditions. It is important to check with a doctor. |
| called osteocytes, which are bound together by a | | | | The signs and symptoms of bone cancer include: |
| calcium-like material to give the bone strength. Bones | | | | * Painful bones and joints |
| are filled with a spongy material called bone marrow. | | | | * Increased pain at night |
| Bone marrow makes blood cells. The bones in the | | | | * Swelling of bones and joints |
| body serve several purposes. They support and | | | | * Susceptibility to fractures |
| protect internal organs (for example, the skull | | | | * Unexplained weight loss |
| protects the brain and the ribs protect the lungs). | | | | * Unexplained tiredness. |
| Muscles pull against the bones to make the body | | | | Patients may present with persistent pain, swelling, or |
| move. Bone marrow makes and stores blood cells. | | | | tenderness of a bone. They may have unexplained |
| Bone cancer can be a primary cancer (starts in the | | | | fracture of one or more bones, sometimes without |
| bone) or a secondary cancer (starts in another part | | | | noticeable trauma. |
| of the body and spreads to the bone). | | | | Each one of us is in our day to day life is exposed to |
| Primary bone cancer, or cancer that starts in the | | | | innumerable cancer-causing agents. It has been |
| bone, is quite rare. The cancer that begins in the | | | | reputed that approximately 70 to 80 percent of all |
| bone is called primary bone cancer. It is found most | | | | cancers occur as a result of the food we eat, the air |
| often in the arms and legs, but it can occur in any | | | | we breathe and the water we drink, as well as |
| bone in the body. Less than one per cent of people | | | | lifestyle and environmental factors. Roughly to say |
| with bone cancer have primary bone cancer. The | | | | one third of deaths from cancer are related to |
| most common type of primary bone cancer is | | | | dietary factors. Our bodies have natural defense |
| osteosarcoma. Children and young people are more | | | | mechanisms to battle these 'agents', but in many |
| likely than adults to have bone cancer. The causes of | | | | cases, because of neglecting proper nutrition and |
| primary bone cancer are not known; however, adults | | | | exercise, and abusing our bodies by loading them with |
| who have Paget's disease (a bone disease) may | | | | even more harmful agents, then these defenses are |
| have an increased risk. | | | | weakened or overwhelmed, and cancer begins to |
| Secondary bone cancer is the most common bone | | | | gain a foothold in the body. So if we need to come |
| cancer. It is a cancer that starts somewhere else in | | | | out of it then we have to take of our health which is |
| the body and spreads (metastasises) to the bone. | | | | the basic treatment to any disease. |
| The most common cancers that spread to the bone | | | | A number of factors are considered to decide on the |
| are cancers of the breast, prostate, lung, kidney and | | | | best treatment for bone cancer. Among these are |
| thyroid. | | | | the type, location, size, and extent of the tumor as |
| Cancers that begin in the bone are quite rare. On the | | | | well as the patient's age and general health. A |
| other hand, it is not unusual for cancers to spread to | | | | treatment plan is tailored to fit each patient's needs. |
| the bones from other parts of the body. When this | | | | One last consideration to take note of is that any |
| happens, the disease is not called bone cancer. Each | | | | cancer is more easily defeated if caught in its early |
| type of cancer is named for the organ or the tissue | | | | stages. Therefore it is very important to have regular |
| in which it begins. Cancer that spreads is the same | | | | medical check-ups, even if we are feeling fine. Then |
| disease and has the same name as the original | | | | too, learn what are the telltale symptoms for the |
| cancer. Treatment for cancer that has spread to the | | | | various cancers, and at the first evidence of anything |
| bones depends on where the cancer started and the | | | | suspicious, get it checked out by your doctor. |