Bone Cancer

Bone Cancer - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis

Bone cancer is rare and accounts for less than 1% of all new tumors. Not all bone tumors are fatal in fact benign (non cancerous) abnormalities are more common than malignant ones. Most bone cancers are secondary and have been spread from another site.

Chondroid chordoma of petrous temporal bone with extensive recurrence and pulmonary metastases

Agrawal AmitJournal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics 2008 4(2):91-92Chondroid chordoma is a variant of chordoma; it may rarely involve the petrous temporal bone and has a high propensity for recurrence. Chordoma rarely metastasizes but it is, nevertheless, associated with a poor outcome. We report a rare case of chondroid chordoma with extensive recurrence and pulmonary metastases. (Source: Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics)

Sylvain Trudel's 'Mercury Under My Tongue'

Sylvain Trudel's acid novel "Mercury Under My Tongue," tartly translated from the French by Sheila Fischman, is a tale told by a 16-year-old named Frédéric Langlois who is dying of bone cancer in a Montreal hospital.

Health Points: Tuesday

Brandon Roy of the Portland Trailblazers trains by drinking an entire gallon of water by 2 p.m. everyday. Jason Quick of The Oregonian reports: "What I learned about those first two seasons is they are long. They are a grind, especially with the Western Conference not getting any easier,'' Roy said. Roy hired a trainer, Ron Tate, who focuses heavily on stretching in addition to weight lifting. He also forces Roy to drink a gallon of water every day before 2 p.m. In previous summers, Roy would p...

New research shows women with strong bones may be at higher risk for breast cancer

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - Strong bones protect women from Osteoporosis in old age, but new research shows good bone strength may also be a marker for increased...

Medical Marijuana and minors

Reason TV has a story about Owen Beck, a 17-year-old high school kid from California who got bone cancer and had to get his leg amputated. The medicine Owen was taking was making him very sick and and lost a lot of weight, so his parents decided to try medical marijuana. The marijuana greatly helped Owen, easing his pain and nausea. The owner of the dispensary, Charlie Lynch, often gave the marijuana to Owen without charging his parents. But the local Sheriff (who doesn't like the fact that med...

Science on sale: I?ll take three

Nowadays, everything seems to be on sale. And I am not talking about the end of the season clearances in stores around us. I'm talking about how if you have enough money you can often buy what ever you want with it -- public support, freedom, education and yes, science. Here at EWG we work extensively on science for sale issues. Our chromium fraud investigation revealed that safety standards from chromium-6 – the “Erin Brockovich” chemical – had been skewed by a cancer study that was fa...

Company Claims Benefit for Drug Aimed at Preventing Bone Loss in Prostate Cancer

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Denosumab, an investigational fully human monoclonal antibody, reduced bone loss from androgen deprivation therapy for non-metastatic prostate cancer, according to an Amgen press release.

Drug prevents bone loss in prostate cancer: Amgen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Amgen Inc on Monday said that a trial of its experimental drug denosumab showed that it can prevent osteoporosis in men being treated with prostate cancer drugs that can cause bone loss. [Reuters - Science] [Read More]

Pattern of unusual breast cancer spread revealed

Breast cancer patients who develop metastases at unusual sites such as the thyroid, adrenal gland, and pancreas, do not have an increased risk for death compared with patients who have metastases at more common sites such as bone and lung, a study shows.