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Bone Cancer : In Depth - Overview

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Overview

What Is Primary Bone Cancer?
To help you understand what is happening when you have cancer, it helps to know how your body works normally. Our bodies are made up of tiny building blocks called cells. Normal cells grow and multiply when the body needs them and die out when the body does not need them.
Source:StayWell
Date:November 23, 2004
Statistics About Bone Cancer
Some people use statistics to try to figure out their chance of getting cancer. Or they use them to try to figure out their chance of being cured. Statistics show what happens with large groups of people. No two people are alike, though. Statistics can't tell or predict what will happen to you.
Source:StayWell
Date:November 23, 2004
Am I At Risk For Primary Bone Cancer?
There is really no way to know for sure if you're going to get primary bone cancer. Certain factors can make you more likely to get it than another person. These are called risk factors. However, just because you have one or more risk factors doesn't necessarily mean you will get primary bone cancer. In fact, you can have all the risk factors and still not get primary bone cancer. Or, you can have no known risk factors and still get it.
Source:StayWell
Date:November 23, 2004
Understanding Your Grade and Stage of Primary Bon...
Primary bone cancer acts differently in each person. Your doctor uses staging studies, such as the imaging tests and biopsy, to determine how fast your cancer is growing and how far it has spread. With the results of these studies, your doctor will assign your cancer a stage.
Source:StayWell
Date:November 23, 2004
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