3 Different Types of Bone Cancer

April 24th, 2009 by admin

Bone cancer comes in three primary forms. Primary cancer means that the cancer itself originated in the bone versus secondary cancer in which a cancer from another part of the body has spread to the bone. The three primary types of bone cancer are Osteosarcoma, Ewing’s Sarcoma and Chondrosarcoma. Bone cancer of any type is frequently found in Caucasian males. Females and those of Asian or African-American ethnicity are in the minority with a bone cancer diagnosis. Osteosarcoma is a cancer that begins inside the tissue of a maturing bone. Ewing’s Sarcoma is another form of bone cancer that affects children and young adults. This is a highly malignant tumor that originates inside of bone marrow. Chondrosarcoma is the only type of bone cancer that does not generally affect a younger generation, but rather those who are over the age of fifty years old. This cancer develops in the cartilage of a bone.

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