What Is Ewing’s Sarcoma in Children?
Ewing’s sarcoma is a rare, aggressive cancer that develops in bone and soft tissue, most often between the ages of 5 and 20. It tends to start in the long bones or pelvis and leads with bone pain, swelling, and fever, which is why it gets mistaken for an...
What Is Osteosarcoma and How Is It Treated?
Osteosarcoma is an aggressive bone cancer that develops most often in children and young adults, typically around the knee or upper arm. At that age, the pain gets blamed on sport or posture, and weeks go by before anyone orders an X-ray. Treatment combines...
What Are the Early Signs of Bone Cancer?
Early signs of bone cancer are often subtle and easy to attribute to something less serious. Deep bone pain that worsens at night, a firm or unexplained swelling near a joint, reduced mobility in a limb, and fractures from minor trauma are the key indicators that...
Are All Bone Tumors Cancerous?
No, and this is the single most important fact for anyone who has just been told there’s a lesion on their bone. Most bone tumors are benign, meaning they don’t spread to other parts of the body and don’t threaten life. A smaller group is malignant,...