Bone cancer isn’t a very common cancer. It accounts for much less than one percent of all cancers.Around 2,300 cases of bone cancer are diagnosed each year. Bone cancer is a serious disease that has multiple different types and treatments. Bone cancer is an uncommon cancer that can begin in a bone or can spread, or metastasize, from another area of the body to the bone. Bone cancer can affect any bone in the body but it is more likely for the cancer to appear in the long bone that make up the arms and legs. There are several different types of bone cancer. Certain ones affect children and teenagers more than others, and certain ones affect adults and the elderly more than others. There are also different symptoms that you can look for to see if you have or think you might have bone cancer(Bone Cancer Symptoms, Signs). …show more content…
Chemotherapy is a drug treatment that uses chemicals to kill cancer cells. The drugs are most often given through a vein, after that the chemotherapy chemicals travel throughout your body. It can also help people with bone cancer that has spread beyond the bone to other areas in the body. Radiation therapy is also an option. Radiation therapy uses high-powered beams of energy to kill cancer cells. Radiation therapy is often used with chemotherapy and is performed before an operation. Radiation therapy is helpful for people with bone cancer that cannot be removed with surgery. It can also be used after surgery to kill off any remaining cancer cells(Bone Cancer - Symptoms and causes). In conclusion, bone cancer is a serious disease that has many different types, variants, and treatment options. For example, some types of bone cancer include osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, and ewing sarcoma. Some variants of chondrosarcoma include clear cell chondrosarcomas and mesenchymal chondrosarcomas. Finally, the treatment options for bone cancer are surgery, chemotherapy and radiation