risk of bone cancer

Bone marrow transplantation Osteosarcoma has been reported in a few patients who have undergone bone marrow (stem cell) transplantation. Injuries People have wondered whether injury to a bone can cause cancer, but this has never been proven. Many people with bone cancer remember having hurt that part of their bone. Most doctors believe that this did not cause the cancer, but that the cancer caused them to remember the incident, or that the injury drew their attention to that bone and caused them to notice a problem that had already been present for some time.Radiation Bone exposure to radiation may also increase the risk of developing bone cancer. A typical x-ray of a bone is not dangerous, but exposure to large doses of radiation does pose a risk. For example, radiation therapy to treat...

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Risk

Risk of bone cancerA risk factor is anything that affects your chance of getting a disease such as cancer. Different cancers have different risk factors. For example, exposing skin to strong sunlight is a risk factor for skin cancer. Smoking is a risk factor for cancers of the lung, mouth, larynx, bladder, kidney, and several other organs. But having a risk factor, or even several, does not mean that you will get the disease. Most people with bone cancers do not have any apparent risk factors.Genetic disordersA very small number of bone cancers (especially osteosarcomas) appear to be hereditary. Osteosarcoma Children with certain rare inherited syndromes have an increased risk of developing osteosarcoma. The Li-Fraumeni syndrome makes people much more likely to develop several types of cancer,...

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