First action to overcome bone cancer
What is bone cancer ?
Bone cancer it is
caused by cancer that has spread from elsewhere in the body to the
bones. It is much less common to have a true bone cancer, a cancer that
arises from cells that make up the bone. It is important to determine
whether the cancer in the bone is from another site or is from a cancer
of the bone cells themselves. The treatments for cancers that have
metastasized to the bone are often based on the initial type of cancer
The functions of Bones
Our body consist of 206 bones. These bones serve multiple different functions.
- First, your bones provide structure to your body and help provide its shape. Muscles attach to the bones and allow you to move. Without the bones, your body would become a pile of soft tissues without structure, and you would be unable to stand, walk, or move.
- Second, the bones help to protect the more fragile organs of the body. For example, the bones of the skull protect the brain, the vertebrae of the spine protect the spinal cord, and the ribs protect the heart and lungs.
- Third, the bones contain bone marrow, which makes and stores new blood cells. Finally, the bones help control your body's collection of various proteins and nutrients including calcium and phosphorus.
Type of cancer.
Different type of cancer
Our Body is made up of many small structures called cells. There are
many different types of cells that grow to form the different parts of
your body. During normal growth and development, these cells
continuously grow, divide, and make new cells. This process continues
throughout life even after you are no longer growing. The cells continue
to divide and make new cells to replace old and damaged cells. In a
healthy person, the body is able to control the growth and division of
cells according to the needs of the body. Cancer is when this normal
control of cells is lost and the cells begin to grow and divide out of
control. The cells also become abnormal and have altered functions in
patients with cancer. The cancer cells can become very destructive to
the surrounding cells.
There are many different type of cancer. The cancer is usually named
based on the type of cell that is affected. For example,
lung cancer is caused by out of control cells that form the lungs and
breast cancer by cells that form the breast. A tumor is a collection of
abnormal cells grouped together. However, not all tumors are cancerous. A
tumor can be benign (not cancerous) or malignant (cancerous). Benign
tumors are usually less dangerous and are not able to spread to other
parts of the body. Benign tumors can still be dangerous. They can
continue to grow and expand locally. This can lead to compression and
damage to the surrounding structures. Malignant tumors are usually more
serious and can spread to other areas in the body. The ability of cancer
cells to leave their initial location and move to another location in
the body is called metastasis. Metastasis can occur by the cancer cells
entering the body's bloodstream or lymphatic system to travel to other
sites in the body. When cancer cells metastasize to other parts of the
body, they are still named by the original type of abnormal cell. For
example, if a group of breast cells becomes cancerous and metastasizes
to the bones or liver, it is called metastatic breast cancer instead of
bone cancer or liver cancer. Many different types of cancer are able to
metastasize to the bones. The most common types of cancer that spread to
the bones are cancers of the lung, breast, prostate, thyroid, and
kidney. Cancers arising from lymphatic or blood cells, including
lymphoma and multiple myeloma, can also frequently affect the bones.
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