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Bone cancer is a sarcoma that arises in the bone. The most familiar type of bone cancer is osteosarcoma, which develops in original tissue in augmenting bones. Another type of bone cancer, chondrosarcoma, arises in cartilage. Bone cancer impress over 2,000 people in the United States each year. It is found most often in the bones of the arms and legs, but it can occur in any bone. Bone tumors occur most commonly in children and adolescents and are less common in older adults. Cancer including the bone in older adults is most usually the result of metastatic spread from another tumor. There are various different types of bone cancer. The most common tumours of bone involve the osteosarcoma, the sarcome ewing , the chondrosarcoma, the malignant fibrous histiocytoma, the fibrosarcoma, and the chordoma. Osteosarcoma occur most frequently in children, young , ages 10 to 20. Chondrosarcoma is more familiar in adults over 50. Ewing's sarcoma usually is found in people between 10 and 25 years of age; teenagers are most often affected. It most often influences the hipbones and the long bones in the thigh and upper arm. It also occurs in the ribs. Chondrosarcoma is create mainly in adults. Chondrosarcoma tumor forms in cartilage, the rubbery tissue around joints.The most familiar symptom of bone cancer is pain and extra symptoms are swelling, or tenderness of a bone. Treatment of bone cancer rely on the type of bone cancer, as best as its location, size and stage. Surgery is often the first treatment for bone cancer. Cryosurgery is sometimes used in addition to surgery in some patients with bone cancer. The aim of surgery is usually to remove the entire tumor and a surrounding area of normal bone. Other treatments may involveamputation, chemotherapy and radiation. Radiation therapy is utilized to prevent local recurrences of radiosensitive tumors. In patients with cancer that has spread to the bones, radiation therapy may also be used to alleviate symptoms, including pain. Chemotherapy is generally given after surgery to remove cancer cells that stay in the body after the main tumor is removed surgically. Sometimes chemotherapy is given before surgery to decrease size of the tumor before surgeons try to remove it. Biphosphonates are drugs that can be utilized to descrease bone pain and slow down bone injury in people who have cancer that has spread to their bones.
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