Although some patients face an initial diagnosis of bone cancer, a considerably larger number of patients face the reality of cancer moving to their bones after being treated for a different type of cancer. Just about any cancer can move to the bones, but there are some that have a particular predilection for bones. Lean about what happens when cancer moves to a patient’s bones and the different treatment options.
Limb Salvage Surgery for Bone and Muscle Tumors
At just 18 years old, Phil G. was diagnosed with osteosarcoma near his knee. Amputation of his leg was a real possibility. Luckily, Phil instead underwent limb salvage surgery, an operation to remove tumors of...
Metastatic Bone Disease
Although some patients face an initial diagnosis of bone cancer, a considerably larger number of patients face the reality of cancer moving to their bones after being treated for a...