National Institutes of Health
- The primary NIH organization for research on Bone Cancer is the National Cancer Institute
Cancer that starts in a bone is rare. Cancer that has spread to the bone from another part of the body is more common.
There are three types of bone cancer:
The most common symptom of bone cancer is pain. Other symptoms may vary depending on the location and size of the cancer. Surgery is often the main treatment for bone cancer. Other treatments may include amputation, chemotherapy and radiation.
NIH: National Cancer Institute
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)