Contents:
- Medical Video: How to recognize inflammatory breast cancer symptoms
- Symptoms of bone cancer based on the type
- 1. Osteosarcoma
- 2. Ewing Sarcoma
- 3. Chondrosarcoma
- 4. Fibrosarcoma
- The chance to recover is higher if bone cancer is detected early
Medical Video: How to recognize inflammatory breast cancer symptoms
Symptoms of bone cancer generally begin with bone pain that gets worse, the appearance of lumps or swelling where cancer cells grow, and bones that are prone to fracture. In addition, bone cancer can also cause hands or feet to feel cold to tingling or numbness in the area affected by cancer.
Even so, the symptoms can be more varied when cancer cells have spread into several types. To find out more about the symptoms of bone cancer by type, consider the following review.
Symptoms of bone cancer based on the type
The following symptoms of bone cancer according to the type, namely:
1. Osteosarcoma
Osteosarcoma tends to occur in the outer layer of the arm bone, but can also appear on the leg bones. This type of cancer generally affects children. The following are symptoms of osteosarcoma, such as:
- Bone pain. Initially the pain that occurs, appears not continuously but will be worse at night. Pain increases with activity and can cause weakness if the tumor is in the leg bones
- Lumps and bruises appear that appear less than a few weeks after bone pain arises. These symptoms often appear in children, but are rare in adults.
- Broken bone. Osteosarcoma tends to make the bone at the location of the tumor weak and eventually break, often not breaking the bone.
2. Ewing Sarcoma
Ewing sarcoma cancer is a rare cancer that occurs in soft tissue that surrounds the bone or directly on the bone. It usually occurs in the bones of the arms, legs, or pelvic bones. Following are the symptoms of ewing sarcoma:
- Fever that appears prolonged.
- Bone pain. Reporting from Cancer, about 85% of children and adolescents with ewing sarcoma experience several complaints that do not affect the bones, such as pain, swelling, stiffness.
- There is a lump. A lump appears on the surface of the skin which when touched feels warm and soft.
- Fracture. Broken bones occur without injury. This is caused by tumor growth in the bones which makes the bones become weak and eventually break.
3. Chondrosarcoma
This type of cancer can occur in the pelvis, thighs, and shoulders in adults. Cancer cells form in subchondral tissue, the connective tissue between bones. Following are the symptoms of chondrosarcoma, such as:
- Bone pain. This pain does not occur continuously, but can worsen at night or during strenuous activities. In addition, bone swelling and stiffness occurs.
- The body feels weak.
- A lump appears on the bone.
- If this cancer occurs in the pelvis, chances are that you will also experience urinary tract disorders.
4. Fibrosarcoma
This type of cancer occurs in fibrous tissue that wraps tendons, ligaments, and muscles. Generally occurs in the area of the foot or torso. Like other types of cancer, the symptoms that arise are a lump under the skin that grows and disrupts the ability of the bones and feels pain. When it occurs around the stomach, it can cause breathing problems.
The chance to recover is higher if bone cancer is detected early
Just like other cancers, the chance of recovery and life expectancy from bone cancer will increase if the cancer is detected early. The sooner you get a diagnosis, the faster the doctor will plan the treatment.
That's why once you begin to suspect or experience one (or more) of the list of bone cancer symptoms above, immediately consult a doctor. Symptoms of bone cancer can be misunderstood as a symptom of other diseases. Because, not all swelling or lumps that appear are cancer. So, the doctor will usually do an x-ray first to find out more about whether the lump is a cancerous lump or not.
If the lump is cancer, then you will be treated by an orthopedist, to remove the tumor and a medical oncologist to deal with the pain and symptoms of bone cancer that arise.
