Bone cancer is a sarcoma that starts in the bone. Bones are
the support system of the body, together forming a skeleton which gives us
shape and posture. There are several types of bone cancers, the most serious
being primary
bone cancers.
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| Bone & Soft Tissue Cancer |
Here are the symptoms
for bone cancer:
- Swelling or lump under the skin, most often in the arm or leg
- Pain, if the tumor is pressing on muscles or nerves
- Bloody or black stools
- Abdominal discomfort
- Numbness or weakness in arm or leg
- Bone fractures
Symptoms For Soft
Tissue Sarcoma:
The location of the
sarcoma makes a difference in the symptoms. For instance, if they start:
·
On the arms or legs, you may notice a lump that
grows over a period of weeks to months. It may hurt, but it usually doesn’t.
·
In the retroperitoneum (the back wall inside the
abdomen), they may cause problems that have symptoms, such as pain. Tumors may
cause blockage or bleeding of the stomach or bowels. They may grow large enough
for the tumor to be felt in the abdomen.
Following are the
treatments to cure bone cancer:
Surgery
Surgery is the main treatment for most sarcomas. The goal of
surgery is to remove as much cancer as possible. If any cancer cells
remain, they may grow and spread. To get as much of cancer as possible, the
surgeon performs a wide-excision surgery. This involves removing cancer, as
well as a margin of healthy tissue around it.
Radiation Therapy
New radiation
therapy techniques and remarkable skill allow APCC
doctors to target tumors more precisely, delivering the maximum amount of
radiation with the least damage to healthy cells.
Proton Therapy
Proton
therapy delivers high radiation doses directly into the tumor, sparing
nearby healthy tissue and vital organs. Potentially higher doses of radiation
and a low incidence of side effects are what make proton therapy an option worth
considering for bone tumors, like osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma. In cases
where complete removal of a bone tumor is not possible, proton therapy may be
used to treat tumors without exposing surrounding tissues to high doses of
radiation.
Targeted Therapy
These newer agents are used to help fight some types of
sarcomas. Targeted therapies attack cancer cells by using small molecules to
block pathways that cells use to survive and multiply.
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy may be recommended to treat osteosarcoma or
Ewing’s sarcoma. In osteosarcoma, it is often given before surgery to shrink
the tumor and make it easier to remove and after surgery to destroy remaining
cancer cells. Chemotherapy is also used for bone cancer that has metastasized
(spread) to the lungs or other organs.
To know more about bone cancer visit Apollo Cancer Centre.
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