Anything that increases a person's chances of developing bone cancer is called a bone cancer risk factor; anything that decreases a person's chances of developing it is called a bone cancer protective factor. Bone cancer prevention means avoiding the risk factors and increasing the protective factors that can be controlled. While bone cancer prevention does not guarantee that someone will not develop bone cancer, it does decrease the risk of it happening.
Risk Factors
Although some risk factors for bone cancer can be avoided, many cannot. Specific risk factors for bone cancer include:
- Being a child or young adult
- Previous radiation or chemotherapy
- History of Paget's disease
- Family history of bone cancer
- People with hereditary retinoblastoma.
At this point, bone cancer research scientists have not found any bone cancer protective factors.
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