bone cancer | Symptoms of bone cancer

Symptoms of bone cancer

 Ooreka the symptoms of bone cancer are not easy to detect. Yet, although interpreting them could then help diagnose bone cancer, determine the stage of the disease and therefore the prognosis.

Main symptom of bone cancer: pain
The main symptom of bone tumors is pain. This could be of different natures:

of varying intensity, but gradually becoming increasingly intense;
Permanent or transient, but gradually becoming constant;
Rather nocturnal in case of malignant or diurnal bone tumor when the person moves (for example, in the case of a leg tumor);
Usually localized, but sometimes projected (for example: one will have knee pain in case of a hip tumor).
Note: In children, the pain is not always expressed and it could simplify to result in difficulties in normal walking, for example.

Bone swelling
The perception of a swollen (swollen) mass at the bone level is not systematic, but common. It is not always accompanied by pain. In addition, this type of symptom is also observed in the case of malignant bone tumours as well as in the case of benign bone tumors.

Good to know: Ewing's sarcomas are accompanied by tumors (often voluminous) affect the soft parts, especially at the level of the flat bones.

Symptoms of bone cancer: other signs of call
Two main types of symptoms should also cause them to consult and carry out a more advanced diagnosis:

Vertebral or knee pain, for example, must be meticulously explored to avoid a passer next to a bone tumor. This is even more true in cases of sciatica, which is abnormal in young people.
Unexplained fractures must also awaken booklet.
Other signs of calls depend on the damage to nearby organs:

Pelvic lesions May evolve without symptoms until they end up causing motor problems due to nerve or mechanical compression (loss of muscular strength, difficulty urinating or defecating, for example).
A spinal tumor could cause compression of the spinal cord or a nerve (hence the interest of radiation therapy).
A bone tumor affecting a rib will cause respiratory problems.
In addition, all classical symptoms of cancer may be present, especially in case of secondary bone cancer or primitive bone cancer at an advanced stage:

Asthenia (high fatigue);
Slimming
Weight loss
Sweating
Shivering, etc.